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Fact #1432 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 30th, 2010, 3:45am EDT
We blink 25 times a minute. -
Fact #2625 - Musicians
Fetched: March 30th, 2010, 3:45am EDT
Verdi wrote the opera Aida at the request of the khedive of Egypt to commemorate the opening of the Suez canal. -
Fact #1765 - Bugs amp; Insects
Fetched: March 30th, 2010, 3:45am EDT
62 degrees Fahrenheit is the minimum temperature required for a grasshopper to be able to hop. -
Fact #1974 - Dumb Criminals
Fetched: March 28th, 2010, 2:22am EDT
In South Carolina, an inmate who was paralyzed behind bars says in a lawsuit that Spartanburg County jail guards should have stopped him from doing back flips off a desk in his cell. Torrence Johnson, who is suing for unspecified damages, said recently that he fell and crushed a vertebra while being held in maximum-security in 1998. -
Fact #2004 - Food amp; Drink
Fetched: March 28th, 2010, 2:22am EDT
Burger King® uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month in its restaurants. -
Fact #2011 - Food amp; Drink
Fetched: March 28th, 2010, 2:22am EDT
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat more than 22 pounds of tomatoes every year. More than half this amount is eaten in the form of ketchup and tomato sauce. -
Fact #3226 - TV Movies
Fetched: March 27th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World WarII were made of wood. -
Fact #2729 - Plants
Fetched: March 27th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
A "fulgerite" is fossilized lightning. It forms when a powerful lightning bolt melts the soil into a glass-like state. -
Fact #1710 - Animals
Fetched: March 27th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
Dolphins can kills sharks by ramming them with their snout. -
Fact #2678 - Plants
Fetched: March 27th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
While known as a painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, Leonard da Vinci was the first to record that the number of rings in the cross section of a tree trunk revealed its age. He also discovered that the width between the rings indicated the annual moisture. -
Fact #3042 - Surveys
Fetched: March 27th, 2010, 5:16pm EDT
68% of Americans who view computer commercials on TV that advertise a processor, such as the Pentium III, believe it speeds up your Internet connections. However, a modem does that. -
Fact #3409 - World Records
Fetched: March 27th, 2010, 1:21pm EDT
In 1968, Steve McPeak traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles on a unicycle. The trip took him six weeks, but he planned for the long bike journey. He brought an extra tire and a spare heinie. -
Fact #971 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 24th, 2010, 4:40pm EDT
Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer. -
Fact #3098 - Surveys
Fetched: March 24th, 2010, 4:40pm EDT
The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money. -
Fact #2041 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 24th, 2010, 4:40pm EDT
"Colonial goose" is the name Australians give to stuffed mutton. -
Fact #658 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 24th, 2010, 4:40pm EDT
In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed. -
Fact #2692 - Plants
Fetched: March 23rd, 2010, 4:23pm EDT
On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity. -
Fact #2074 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 23rd, 2010, 4:23pm EDT
A tenth of the 7 million tons of rice grown in the U.S. each year goes into the making of beer. -
Fact #3544 - Other
Fetched: March 23rd, 2010, 4:23pm EDT
- Kinara: The Candleholder -
Fact #473 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 21st, 2010, 10:33am EDT
Drivers kill more deer than hunters. -
Fact #1368 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 21st, 2010, 10:33am EDT
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C. -
Fact #1886 - Celebrities
Fetched: March 21st, 2010, 4:15am EDT
Bette Davis appeared in more than 100 films between 1931 and 1989. She made her first film called Way Back Home in 1931. -
Fact #2052 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 21st, 2010, 4:15am EDT
When tea was first introduced in the American colonies, many housewives, in their ignorance, served the tea leaves with sugar or syrup after throwing away the water in which they had been boiled. -
Fact #2017 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 20th, 2010, 8:14pm EDT
Researchers in Denmark found that beer tastes best when drunk to the accompaniment of a certain musical tone. The optimal frequency is different for each beer, they reported. The correct harmonious tone for Carlsberg Lager, for example, is 510-520 cycles per second. -
Fact #1308 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 20th, 2010, 8:14pm EDT
The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold. -
Fact #1115 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 20th, 2010, 8:14pm EDT
The average housewife walks 10 miles a day around the house doing her chores. -
Fact #1065 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 19th, 2010, 10:09pm EDT
Some species of fish have voices! -
Fact #3369 - Words
Fetched: March 19th, 2010, 6:21pm EDT
"Lobster shift" is a colloquial term for the night shift of a newspaper staff. -
Fact #2280 - History
Fetched: March 19th, 2010, 6:21pm EDT
The practice of exchanging presents at Christmas originated with the Romans. -
Fact #2545 - Medical
Fetched: March 19th, 2010, 6:21pm EDT
If you combined all the muscles in an average human in to one muscle, the force it would be capable of producing is about 2,000 tonnes. -
Fact #1921 - Celebrities
Fetched: March 18th, 2010, 2:44am EDT
The famous Impressionist painter Claude Monet won 100,000 francs in the state lottery. The money made him financially independent. -
Fact #175 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 18th, 2010, 2:44am EDT
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. -
Fact #433 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 18th, 2010, 2:44am EDT
Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space. -
Fact #773 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 18th, 2010, 2:44am EDT
It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China. -
Fact #2083 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 17th, 2010, 10:18pm EDT
Goat milk is used to produce Roquefort cheese. -
Fact #2116 - Geography
Fetched: March 17th, 2010, 10:18pm EDT
In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh. -
Fact #1790 - Bugs amp; Insects
Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:23pm EDT
The beautiful but deadly Australian sea wasp (Chironex fleckeri) is the most venomous jellyfish in the world. Its cardiotoxic venom has caused the deaths of 66 people off the coast of Queensland since 1880, with victims dying within 1-3 minutes if medical aid is not available. -
Fact #2210 - Geography
Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 11:23pm EDT
Residents of the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona get their mail delivered by mule. -
Fact #1572 - Animals
Fetched: March 16th, 2010, 6:02pm EDT
In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1. -
Fact #587 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:58pm EDT
Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes! -
Fact #1399 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:58pm EDT
To burn off one plain MM candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field. -
Fact #415 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:58pm EDT
Check your map! The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance. -
Fact #44 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 8:58pm EDT
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States. -
Fact #3220 - TV Movies
Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 5:55am EDT
David Niven and George Lazenby were the only two actors who played James Bond only once. -
Fact #1285 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 15th, 2010, 5:55am EDT
The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950. -
Fact #118 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 11:11am EDT
20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May. -
Fact #597 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 14th, 2010, 11:11am EDT
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. -
Fact #1517 - Animals
Fetched: March 12th, 2010, 11:55pm EST
Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, is an herb with nepetalactone in it. Many think that when cats inhale nepetalactone, it affects hormones that arouse sexual feelings, or at least alter their brain functioning to make them feel "high." Catnip was originally made, using nepetalactone as a natural bug repellant, but roaming cats would rip up the plants before they could be put to their intended task. -
Fact #3357 - Words
Fetched: March 12th, 2010, 11:55pm EST
A gynephobic man fears women. -
Fact #1063 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 12th, 2010, 11:55pm EST
Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food. -
Fact #380 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 12th, 2010, 4:51pm EST
Black Whales are born white. -
Fact #2082 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 12th, 2010, 4:51pm EST
Though most people think of salt as a seasoning, only 5 out of every 100 pounds produced each year go to the dinner table. -
Fact #1172 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 11th, 2010, 3:45am EST
The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains! -
Fact #2694 - Plants
Fetched: March 11th, 2010, 3:45am EST
Sterling silver is not pure silver. Because pure silver is too soft to be used in most tableware it is mixed with copper in the proportion of 92.5 percent silver to 7.5 percent copper. -
Fact #3505 - Other
Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 1:33pm EST
The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention the name of God. -
Fact #1878 - Celebrities
Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 1:33pm EST
William Howard Taft is the only man ever to be President AND Chief Justice. The US Supreme Court appointment came second and was a job Taft enjoyed much more than the presidency. -
Fact #1268 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 1:33pm EST
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'! -
Fact #377 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 10th, 2010, 1:31am EST
Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer. -
Fact #2428 - Inventors
Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 4:48pm EST
The first commercial vacuum cleaner was so large it was mounted on a wagon. People threw parties in their homes so guests could watch the new device do its job. -
Fact #2666 - Plants
Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 4:48pm EST
The squirting cucumber , when brushed by a passerby, ejects its seeds and a stream of poisonous juice that stings the skin. -
Fact #1254 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 4:48pm EST
The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'. -
Fact #3109 - Surveys
Fetched: March 9th, 2010, 4:48pm EST
58% of women paint their nails regularly. -
Fact #2738 - Plants
Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:30am EST
The fastest moon in our solar system circles Jupiter once every seven hours - traveling at 70,400 miles per hour. -
Fact #2075 - Food Drink
Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 7:30am EST
According to the National Safety Council, coffee is not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases it may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol. -
Fact #1010 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 7th, 2010, 10:09am EST
Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely. -
Fact #1402 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 7th, 2010, 10:09am EST
To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours! -
Fact #3069 - Surveys
Fetched: March 7th, 2010, 10:09am EST
70% of us drink orange juice daily. -
Fact #1534 - Animals
Fetched: March 7th, 2010, 10:09am EST
More types of fish live in one Amazon River tributary than in all the rivers in North America combined. -
Fact #3238 - TV Movies
Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 4:18am EST
Kathleen Turner was the voice of Jessica Rabbit, and Amy Irving was her singing voice. -
Fact #3013 - Surveys
Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 4:18am EST
75% of people wash from top to bottom in the shower. -
Fact #3208 - TV amp; Movies
Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 4:18am EST
The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in. -
Fact #1926 - Celebrities
Fetched: March 6th, 2010, 4:18am EST
When Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman became the first U.S. President to take office in the midst of a war. -
Fact #3607 - Other
Fetched: March 5th, 2010, 1:55pm EST
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before. -
Fact #825 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 5th, 2010, 1:55pm EST
Males sweat 40% more than females. -
Fact #3569 - Other
Fetched: March 5th, 2010, 1:55pm EST
If you need to dial the telephone and your dial is disabled, you can tap the button in the cradle. If, for example, you need to dial 911, you can tap the button 9 times, then pause, then tap once, then again. -
Fact #727 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 5th, 2010, 1:55pm EST
India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century. -
Fact #2962 - Surveys
Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 4:43pm EST
Before the Chinese take-over of Tibet in 1952, 25 percent of the males in the country were Buddhist monks. -
Fact #2708 - Plants
Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 4:43pm EST
A cosmic year is the amount of time it takes the sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way, about 225 million years. -
Fact #366 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 4th, 2010, 4:43pm EST
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. -
Fact #3455 - World Records
Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 10:30pm EST
Tom Wolfe was paid $5 million for the film rights to his novel, , the most ever earned by an author. -
Fact #2930 - Strange Laws
Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 10:30pm EST
Talking on a cellular phone while driving is against the law in Israel. -
Fact #1060 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 10:30pm EST
So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball. -
Fact #2400 - Inventors
Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 6:23pm EST
The alarm clock was not invented by the Marquis de Sade, as some suspect, but rather by a man named Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787. Perversity, though, characterized his invention from the beginning. The alarm on his clock could ring only at 4 am. Rumor has it that Hutchins was murdered by his wife at 4:05 am on a very dark and deeply cold New England morning. -
Fact #2844 - Sports
Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 6:23pm EST
The average rikishi tips the scales at about 280 pounds, but in 1988 the heaviest sumo westler ever recorded weighed in at a thundering 560 pounds. -
Fact #789 - Uncategorized
Fetched: March 3rd, 2010, 6:23pm EST
Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off . -
Fact #1959 - Celebrities
Fetched: March 2nd, 2010, 7:14pm EST
When Yul Brynner had hair, it was dark brown. -
Fact #3632 - Other
Fetched: March 2nd, 2010, 7:14pm EST
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.