1463. Fact

Columbia University is the second largest land owner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

1464. Fact

Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.

1465. Fact

Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).

1466. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not only sweat by salivating. They also sweat through the poors on their feet.

1467. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.

1468. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.

1469. Body Facts

When you have diarrhoea, instead of absorbing water from your food, your intestines ooze more water into it to rush it through the system and out the other end as a watery mush.

1470. Fact

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

1471. Body Facts

It takes just over 3 kilograms (7 pounds) of pressure to tear off a human ear – don't try it!

1472. Fact

Cows can't vomit.

1473. Fact

Cows have four stomachs

1474. Fact

Cows poop 16 times per day.

1475. Fact

Cows produce around 30 kg of manure per day

1476. Fact

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

1477. Body Facts

A French entertainer in the late 1800s used to make ‘music' by farting out tunes.

1478. Fact

Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.

1479. Fact

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

1480. Fact

December 17th is Wright Brother's day

1481. Fact

Degringolade means to fall and disintegrate

1482. Fact

Dentists in medieval Japan extracted teeth by pulling them out with their fingers.

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