2897. Fact

Judy Scheindlin (Judge Judy) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.

2898. Fact

More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.

2899. Fact

The ashes of the average cremated person weigh 9 pounds.

2900. Fact

An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.

2901. Fact

The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service

2902. Fact

In 1950, UNIVAC became the first computer to tabulate the United States census.

2903. Fact

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb

2904. Fact

The biggest pumpkin the world weighs 1,337.6 pounds

2905. Fact

Jessica Tandy is the oldest winner of an Academy Award. She won the 1989 Best Actress award for Driving Miss Daisy at the age of 80 years and 9 months. She beat George Burns for that distinction by just a few months.

2906. Fact

The Beatles have sold more records than anyone else with over a billion worldwide

2907. Fact

Al Capone died in prison from syphillis - despite being the first sufferer to be treated with antibiotics.

2908. Fact

Coffee is graded according to 3 criteria: Bean quality (Altitude and Species) Quality of preparation Size of bean

2909. Fact

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. London, England reached the mark in 1810 and New York, USA made it in 1875. Today, there are over 300 cities in the world that boast a population in excess of 1 million.

2910. Fact

Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else

2911. Fact

Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

2912. Fact

When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.

2913. Fact

2,500 left handers die each year using products designed for right handers.

2914. Fact

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

2915. Fact

Little more than half of the people living in the U.S. would rather fold, than wad their toilet paper.

2916. Fact

Jeremy Bentham, a British philosopher who died in 1832,left his entire estate to the London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside over its board meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted with a wax mask of his face. It was present at the meeting for 92 years.

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Sawney Beane, his wife, 8 sons, 6 daughters, and 32 grandchildren were a family of cannibals that lived in the caves near Galloway, Scotland in the early 17th Century. Although the total number is not known, it is believed they claimed over 50 victims per year. The entire family was taken by an army detachment to Edinburgh and executed, apparently without trial      .. More >>