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

8654. Fact

The fastest growing tissue in the human body is hair

8655. Fact

Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets

8656. Animal Facts

A scorpion can go for a whole year without eating.

8657. Animal Facts

As cockroaches grow, they develop a new skin inside their old one, eventually splitting the old one.This new skin is white until it hardens in the air and becomes dark.

8658. Fact

The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.

8659. Fact

A Canadian Tour company offers a two-day course in igloo building

8660. Fact

Earthworms have five hearts

8661. Fact

In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa

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The E. Coli bacterium propels itself with a 'motor' only one-millionth of an inch in diameter, a thousand times smaller than the tiniest motors built to date by man. The rotation of the bacterial motor comes from a current of protons. The efficiency of the motor approaches 100 per cent.      .. More >>