6302. Animal Facts

A lion's mane jellyfish is about 2.5 metres (8 feet) across, with tentacles 60 metres (200 feet) long. Their sting can cause an agonizing death.

6303. Fact

One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving

6304. Fact

There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996

6305. Fact

The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

6306. Fact

The phrase rule of thumb is derived from an old English law that stated you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb

6307. Fact

There have been 191 coops in Bolivia since it became a sovereign country in 1825

6308. Fact

The most expensive painting ever sold at auction was Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh. On May 15, 1990, Ryoei Saito paid $75 million for it. He followed up that spending spree by paying the second-highest price ever, $71 million for Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre Auguste Renoir, just two days later.

6309. Fact

Reggie Jackson holds the major league record for most strikeouts with 2,597.

6310. Fact

Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later

6311. Fact

On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day

6312. Fact

Black olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives

6313. Fact

Easter is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after March 21.

6314. Fact

Chop Suey' translates to something like 'pieces of meat' and was invented by Chinese railroad workers who didn't know how to cook anything except to 'chop stuff up and fry it'

6315. Fact

English novelist Arnold Bennet drank a glass of water in a Paris Hotel to prove it was safe. He died two months later of Typhoid.

6316. Fact

The reason why tattoos do not vanish even though we shed our skin is because the dye is injected deeper into the dermis part of the skin. It is only the epidermis that we shed

6317. Fact

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards

6318. Fact

It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas'while in the state of Arkansas.

6319. Fact

Actor Val Kilmer grew up on Roy Rogers'ranch.

6320. Fact

The word queue is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

6321. Fact

The dot over the letter 'i'is called a tittle.

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