8771. Fact

Of the 25 highest mountains on earth, 19 are in the Himalayas.

8772. Fact

Bo Jackson set a Monday Night Football record by rushing for 222 yards in one game against the Seattle Seahawks, including a 91-yard TD run

8773. Fact

The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards

8774. Fact

The U.S. Dow Jones' lowest figure was 41.22 was on July 8, 1932.

8775. Fact

There is a butterfly found in Brazil that has the smell and color of a chocolate.

8776. Fact

Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are.

8777. Fact

Lovemaking is a good aerobic exercise that improves the circulation and works the heart.

8778. Fact

On September 3, 1970, a hailstone was found in Coffeyville, Kansas that was eight inches in diameter and weighed 1.67 pounds.

8779. Fact

The motto of the American people, In God We Trust, was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.

8780. Fact

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out

8781. Fact

The hump of a camel can weigh up to 35 kilograms

8782. Fact

The only animals that can naturally sleep on their backs are humans. No other animal actually does--apes usually sleep sitting up and leaning on something.

8783. Fact

Frisbee got its name from William Russel Frisbee, who was a pie baker. He used to sell his pies in a thin tin pan, which had Frisbee written on it. When Walter Frederick Morrison thought of the idea of making saucer like disks to play catch, he visited the campus of Yale and noticed people there were using the pie pan to play catch so he therefore renamed his invention to Frisbee

8784. Fact

In 1986, a drunk fan got into a pace car at Talladega Superspeedway, and started joyriding on the track in front of a nationwide audience. The police cruisers who had to chase him around the track were not amused when they caught and arrested him

8785. Fact

People whose mouth has a narrow roof are more likely to snore. This is because they have less oxygen going through their nose

8786. Fact

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com

8787. Fact

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

8788. Fact

The total surface area of a pair of human lungs is equal to that of a tennis court.

8789. Fact

The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.

8790. Fact

There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people

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