6980. Fact

The #1 peanut producing state is Georgia

6981. Fact

Each honeycomb in Honeycomb cereal has seven holes

6982. Fact

The average North American car contains 300 pounds of plastics

6983. Fact

David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

6984. Fact

The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

6985. Fact

In 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined together to become Tanzania.

6986. Fact

Between 1991 and 1996, India produced the most movies per year on average. The 851 movies per year beat the yearly average of the United States (569) by 282 for the same time frame.

6987. Fact

Heavyweight tire manufacturer Goodyear is in no way affiliated with Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber. They merely admired his inventiveness and his process that was so easy to duplicate that competitors simply stole it.

6988. Fact

The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.

6989. Fact

9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This isn't true; Joseph Swan did.

6990. Fact

Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.

6991. Fact

The average number of guests that attend a wedding in the U.S. is 189

6992. Fact

It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.

6993. Fact

When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.

6994. Fact

Another name for your pinky finger is Wanus

6995. Fact

You blink about 25,000 times a day.

6996. Fact

Stanford University engineers Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started their company in a Palo Alto garage with $1,538. Their first product was an audio oscillator bought by Walt Disney studios for use in the movie Fantasia.

6997. Fact

The only food cockroaches won't eat are cucumbers.

6998. Fact

The world's largest palace is the Imperial palace in the heart of Peking,

6999. Animal Facts

When an opossum is threatened, it plays dead – it lies still, its tongue hanging out, excretes faeces on itself and oozes green slime that smells of rotting flesh.

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