1210. Fact

A real estate agent’s rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.

1211. Fact

A recent study at Harvard has shown that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer!

1212. Fact

A roach can live up to nine days without its head.

1213. Fact

A rodent's teeth never stop growing.

1214. Fact

A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.

1215. Fact

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

1216. Fact

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

1217. Fact

A signature is called a John Hancock because he signed the Declaration of Independce.

1218. Fact

A small airplane can fly backwards.

1219. Body Facts

If you could scrunch together all the bacteria living on the outside of your body, they would take up about the same amount of space as one pea.

1220. Fact

A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.

1221. Fact

A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.

1222. Fact

A sperm whale produces 60 litres of sperm and has a 12ft penis.

1223. Fact

A spider's silk is stronger than steel.

1224. Fact

A starfish doesn't have a brain.

1225. Fact

A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.

1226. Fact

A sysygy occures when all the planets of our Solar System line up

1227. Fact

A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing .

1228. Fact

A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.

1229. Body Facts

In 1973, Italian kidnappers were paid a ransom of over $3 million after they cut off the ear of their kidnap victim and sent it to his very rich grandfather, John Paul Getty.

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