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.

6322. Fact

A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds.

6323. Fact

Clarence Crane the inventor of Crane's Peppermint Life Savers sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.

6324. Fact

More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.

6325. Fact

Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time

6326. Fact

In 1900, Queen Victoria sent her New Year's greetings to the British troops stationed in South Africa during the Boer War in the form of a specially molded chocolate bar.

6327. Animal Facts

The vampire squid has the largest eyes of any animal for its body size. The squid is 28 centimetres long (11 inches) and its eyes are 2.5 centimetres (1 inch across). The equivalent would be a person with eyes the size of table tennis bats!

6328. Fact

On average, every person in the United States owns 2.1 radios.

6329. Fact

Hugo Boss designed some of the Nazi SS uniforms

6330. Fact

The term the whole 9 yards came from WWII fighter pilots in thePacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 calibermachine gunammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into thefuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the whole 9yards.

6331. Fact

Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older

6332. Fact

The oldest documented footwear found was a 8,000 year-old sandal found in a cave located in Missouri, USA

6333. Fact

The dragons and other monsters that graced the bows of the Viking ships were so fierce-looking that a law was passed in Iceland ordering the skipper of any Viking ship to remove the figurehead before entering port.

6334. Fact

Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from navel which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah

6335. Fact

The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.

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