1324. Body Facts

In Scandinavian countries, people used to burn children's first teeth when they fell out in case witches found them and used them to cast an evil spell on the child.

1325. Fact

Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.

1326. Fact

April 30 is National Honesty Day.

1327. Fact

Aprrox. 5,600 umbrellas are lost each year on the Toronto transit system

1328. Fact

Are you one of the 33% of the population who can’t snap their fingers?

1329. Fact

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

1330. Fact

Armadillos can be housebroken.

1331. Fact

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

1332. Fact

Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.

1333. Fact

Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

1334. Fact

At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.

1335. Fact

At 300 pounds, William Howard Taft was the only US President to get stuck in the White House bathtub

1336. Fact

At age 70, an impressive 73 percent of men are still potent.

1337. Fact

At birth, a panda bear is smaller than a mouse.

1338. Fact

At Hancock Secondary School in Mississippi there is actually a McDonalds in the high school.

1339. Fact

At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood.

1340. Fact

At race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time.

1341. Fact

At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.

1342. Fact

At their closest point, the Russian and U.S. borders are less than two miles apart.

1343. Fact

Attics were invented in Attica.

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While sailing along the Caribbean coast of South America in 1499, the Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojedo saw Indian houses built on stilts over the water. The area reminded him of Venice, and he named it Little Venice, which in Spanish is Venezuela.      .. More >>