3110. Fact

Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person

3111. Fact

Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.

3112. Fact

Frogs sometimes eat enough fireflies that they themselves glow.

3113. Fact

A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957

3114. Fact

Singer Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem

3115. Fact

Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.

3116. Fact

A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

3117. Fact

Portugal is the world's largest producer of cork.

3118. Fact

A vexillologist is an expert in the history of flags.

3119. Fact

Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book Historia de duobos amantibus in 1444.

3120. Fact

In Chinese dining, duck sauce is almost never used on duck.

3121. Fact

A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.

3122. Fact

Banana oil never saw a banana; it's made from petroleum.

3123. Fact

Pennies are made of 95% copper and 5% zinc.

3124. Fact

¥ Tokyo has had 24 recorded instances of people either killed or receiving serious skull fractures while bowing to each other with the traditional Japanese greeting.

3125. Fact

Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA

3126. Fact

US presidents who were survived by their fathers: John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding.

3127. Fact

Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

3128. Fact

At sea level there are 2,000 pounds of air pressure on each square foot of your body area.

3129. Fact

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years

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