8634. Fact

One quarter of the bones in the human body is in the feet

8635. Fact

At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.

8636. Animal Facts

Dogs in New York, USA, produce 18 million kilograms (40 million pounds) of faeces a year. Luckily, New Yorkers have to clear up after their dogs.

8637. Fact

After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again.

8638. Fact

The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers.

8639. Fact

The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

8640. Fact

Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.

8641. Fact

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its'heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

8642. Animal Facts

A cockroach can live for a week after its head is cut off.

8643. Fact

The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence.

8644. Fact

The tips of fingers and the soles of feet are covered by a thick, tough layer of skin called the stratum corneum.

8645. Fact

To women, a man's buttocks are the most admired part of his body.

8646. Fact

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression to get fired.

8647. Fact

In America, approximately 25% of kids aged 6-14 have a magaznie subscription

8648. Fact

There is no element on Mendeleev's (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.

8649. Fact

The original purpose of the coffin was to prevent the dearly departed from coming back and haunting the survivors.

8650. Fact

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou

8651. Animal Facts

Light-coloured spots on surfaces of food show a fly has vomited something up and tasted the surface; dark-coloured spots are fly faeces.

8652. Fact

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year'ssupply of footballs.

8653. Fact

Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in India. As a percent of his total wealth, this would be comparable to him donating ten cents if he only had $60

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