3131. Fact

If you suffer from iatrophobia, you're afraid of doctors.

3132. Fact

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 sent the Mississippi River backwards.

3133. Fact

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

3134. Fact

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.

3135. Fact

To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.

3136. Fact

In New Jersey it is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.

3137. Fact

Dairy cows can produce 20 to 35 gallons of saliva a day

3138. Fact

The number of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth

3139. Fact

London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807.

3140. Fact

The name Lego came from the Danish word LEg Godt, which means play well.

3141. Fact

43.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

3142. Fact

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his hat while playng baseball, and he used to change it every two innings.

3143. Fact

Each human generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day, mostly paper.

3144. Fact

Animal gestation periods: the shortest is the American opossum, which bears its young 12 to 13 days after conception; the longest is the Asiatic elephant, taking 608 days, or just over 20 months.

3145. Fact

The reason most mosquito bites itch is because mosquitoes inject saliva into the persons skin before they suck your blood. They take it out once they are done, but if they are forced to fly away, they don't get a chance to draw the saliva out. And it is their saliva that causes the itch.

3146. Fact

The original name for basketball, as invented by Dr. James Naismith, was indoor rugby. It was one of the game's first players that started calling it basketball because of the peach baskets that acted as the original goals.

3147. Fact

The chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylzantihine

3148. Fact

An ostrich egg would take four hours to hard boil.

3149. Fact

Draftsmen have to make 27,000 drawings for the manufacturing of a new car.

3150. Fact

Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.

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