8519. Fact

An average beaver can cut down two hundred trees a year.

8520. Fact

The only commercial aircraft that is able to break the sound barrier is the Concorde.

8521. Fact

Witchcraft means Craft of the Wise Ones.

8522. Fact

The kiwi has nostrils near the tip of its bill that allow it to sniff the ground for food.

8523. Fact

The longest hiccups on record was by an American pig farmer whose hiccups persisted from 1922 to 1987

8524. Fact

During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water

8525. Fact

Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.

8526. Fact

A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow

8527. Fact

A cockroaches favorite food is the glue on the back of stamps.

8528. Fact

In a pack of Skittles candy, there is an equal 20% distribution of each flavour

8529. Fact

There is no tipping in Iceland

8530. Fact

Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size

8531. Fact

Coffee, along with beer and peanut butter, is on the national list of the ten most recognizable odors.

8532. Fact

On average, cows poop 16 times a day.

8533. Fact

Each year approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.

8534. Fact

The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.

8535. Fact

Only 1 in 400 men is flexible enough to give himself oral pleasure.

8537. Fact

The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel

8538. Fact

Davao City, located at the Southern state of Philippines, is the largest city in the world in terms of area

8539. Animal Facts

The potato beetle larva protects itself from birds that want to eat it by covering itself in its own poisonous faeces.

Planet
Planet : mercury
Distance(sun) (mi) : 36,000,000
Diameter (mi) : 3031
Mythology : god of travel and thievery.
Discovered : 3000 bc (sumerians)
Position : 1
Number of moons : 0
Surface material : solid
Length of a day, year (earth) : 176 days, 88 y.      .. More >>