1256. Fact

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

1257. Fact

Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.

1258. Fact

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

1259. Body Facts

Girls who made matches in the 1800s often suffered from ‘phossy jaw' – their jaw bones would rot away, poisoned by the phosphorus used to make the matches.

1260. Fact

Alan Thicke, the father in the TV show Growing Pains wrote the theme songs for The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes .

1261. Fact

Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

1262. Fact

Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.

1263. Fact

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

1264. Fact

Albert Einstien never wore any socks.

1265. Body Facts

In 1970, a thief was caught in Zurich, Switzerland, when a finger that had been cut off by broken glass at the crime scene was matched to his finger prints in police records.

1266. Fact

Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

1267. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

1268. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. Penguins can change salt water into fresh water.

1269. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton

1270. Fact

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

1271. Body Facts

You go white when really scared because blood drains from your skin.This protected primitive humans from bleeding to death if bitten by scary, wild animals.

1272. Fact

All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

1273. Body Facts

The average person loses 200 millilitres (7 fluid ounces) of water a day in their faeces.

1274. Fact

All polar bears are left-handed.

1275. Fact

All porcupines float in water.

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