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.

3151. Fact

Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan

3152. Fact

The little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher are called chad.

3153. Fact

The E. Coli bacterium propels itself with a 'motor' only one-millionth of an inch in diameter, a thousand times smaller than the tiniest motors built to date by man. The rotation of the bacterial motor comes from a current of protons. The efficiency of the motor approaches 100 per cent.

3154. Fact

The word Himalayas means the home of snow.

3155. Fact

Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.

3156. Fact

October 1st is the official Coffee Day in Japan.

3157. Fact

Mickey Mouse is known as Topolino in Italy

3158. Fact

One-third pound stalk of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples

3159. Fact

In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt

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