1614. Body Facts

To save space, 98 percent of dead Japanese people are cremated rather than buried.

1615. Fact

Happy Birthday was the first song to be played in outer-space.

1616. Fact

Hard to believe: Apples are actually part of the rose family.

1617. Fact

Hard to believe: Apples are actually part of the rose family.

1618. Fact

Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.

1619. Fact

Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.

1620. Fact

Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.

1621. Fact

Hollywood fashion tip: wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller. It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.

1622. Fact

Honey is the only food that will not spoil.

1623. Body Facts

If you are close to a really loud noise – a massive volcano erupting, or a huge explosion – the thin, tight skin inside your ear called your eardrum can burst with the pressure.

1624. Fact

Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world.

1625. Fact

Horses and rabbits cannot vomit.

1626. Fact

Horses cannot vomit.

1627. Fact

Hot water is heavier than cold.

1628. Fact

Hot water weighs more than cold water.

1629. Fact

Houdini was the first man to fly a plane solo in Australia.

1630. Fact

Houseflies hum in the middle octave key of F

1631. Fact

Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A. .

1632. Fact

How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.

1633. Fact

Hrand Araklein, a Brinks's car guard, was killed when $50,000 worth of quarters crushed him.

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When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."      .. More >>