6960. Fact

The side of a hammer is a cheek.

6961. Fact

Rhythms is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

6962. Animal Facts

When a large batch of mosquito eggs hatches all at once, the babies might all attack the same unfortunate animal wandering past. They can suck it dry and kill it, if it's a small animal and there are enough mosquitoes.

6963. Fact

The longest human beard on record is 17.5 feet, held by Hans N. Langseth who was born in Norway in 1846

6964. Fact

Despite the many rat infested slums in New York City, only 311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers

6965. Fact

The first anti-lynching law in the United States was passed in Georgia in 1893, but it only made the violation punishable by four years in prison.

6966. Fact

Back passage is slang for the anus or rectum.

6967. Fact

The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland

6968. Fact

The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each

6969. Fact

The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed

6970. Fact

More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States

6971. Fact

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

6972. Fact

The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams

6973. Fact

Coffee has about five times the amount of caffeine as a can of Coke

6974. Fact

The ruby red slippers in the movie The Wizard of Oz were sold off at an auction for $660,000

6975. Fact

On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year

6976. Fact

The origin of right-handed buttons on men's shirts stems from battles where they wore armor. With most men being right handed the armor needed to overlap so that a sword could not enter through the gap during a right-handed blow from an adversary.

6977. Fact

There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart

6978. Fact

The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.

6979. Fact

Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery

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