1360. Fact

Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.

1361. Fact

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

1362. Fact

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

1363. Body Facts

The women of the Karen tribe in Thailand traditionally wear masses of metal bands around their necks. The first bands are added on a girl's fifth birthday, and more are added every few months. If the bands are removed, the woman's weakened neck can't support her head. Removing the bands became an effective punishment.

1364. Fact

Based on what we know and can reasonably imagine, there is no chance of any human travelling beyond the edge of our solar system, ever. It is just too far.

1365. Fact

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

1366. Fact

Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.

1367. Fact

Bats use ultrasounds to pick up vibrations from their prey.

1368. Fact

Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953

1369. Fact

Beavers can swim half a mile underwater on one gulp of air.

1370. Fact

Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.

1371. Body Facts

Queen Isabella of Spain boasted that she only took two baths in her whole-life – one when she was born, and one before her wedding.

1372. Fact

Before 1933, the dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less.

1373. Fact

Before 1941, fingerprints were not accepted as evidence in court.

1374. Fact

Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

1375. Fact

Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed.

1376. Fact

Benjamin Franklin lived at 141 Market Street, Philidelphia, PA

1377. Fact

Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.

1378. Body Facts

If your fingers or toes get very cold, they can get frostbite.They slowly rot and go black, and have to be cut off to stop the rot spreading.

1379. Fact

Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement.

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