8865. Fact

An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.

8866. Fact

In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is

8867. Fact

In ancient times, any Japanese who tried to leave his homeland was put to death.

8868. Fact

The first patented condom was meant to be reused.

8869. Fact

Oral-B is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better

8870. Fact

Many men masturbate daily, or even more frequently, well into their 20s and sometimes far beyond.

8871. Fact

Every second, 630 steel cans are recycled

8872. Fact

The pet ferret was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat.

8873. Fact

Soldiers disease' is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.

8874. Fact

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

8875. Fact

Shipwreck Kelly (1885-1952) set many flagpole-sitting records. He sat for 49 days on one flagpole. He once estimated that he spent a total of over 20,000 hours sitting on flagpoles. Flagpole sitting was a craze started in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1929.

8876. Fact

Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V

8877. Fact

Most lipstick contains fish scales

8878. Fact

Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.

8879. Fact

Every three seconds a baby is born somewhere in the world

8880. Fact

The first Ford cars used Dodge engines.

8881. Fact

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night

8882. Fact

The dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In Jefferson's day, billiards were illegal in Virginia.

8883. Fact

Detroit, Michigan has more registered bowlers than any other city in the USA

8884. Fact

There are 86,400 seconds in day.

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