3238. Fact

A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes

3239. Fact

The reason why locusts swarm are because when they are in groups, a hot-spot behind their hind legs is stimulated, which in turn causes their destructive nature. A large swarm of locusts can eat eighty thousand tons of corn in a day

3240. Fact

Drew Carey once worked at a Denny's.

3241. Fact

Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600's by a translator.

3242. Fact

Saudi Arabia covers an area of 830,000 sq. miles, yet there is not a single river in the whole country.

3243. Fact

Research indicates that people prefer the colour blue for their casual clothing

3244. Fact

Until 1990, the deadly poison mercury was used in about 30% of latex paints.

3245. Fact

During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo

3246. Fact

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

3247. Fact

Bumping foreheads with a hand shake is the traditional greeting in Tibet.

3248. Fact

Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died on July 4, 1934 of radiation poisoning.

3249. Fact

The first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel was Anna Edson Taylor. She made the journey on October 24, 1901, and escaped unhurt.

3250. Fact

Famous billionaire Howard Hughes stored his own urine in large bottles.

3251. Fact

In Detroit, Michigan it is illegal to sleep in a bathtub.

3252. Fact

Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't .

3253. Fact

A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.

3254. Fact

In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.

3255. Fact

Over it's lifetime a shark will loose as many as 50,000 teeth.

3256. Fact

When Leonardo Da Vinci was young he drew a picture of a horrible monster and placed near a window in order to surprise his father. Upon seeing the picture his father believed it to be real and set out to protect his family until the boy showed him it was just a picture. Da Vinci's father then enrolled his son in an art class.

3257. Fact

If you pet a cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute.

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The longest railway in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad, built 1891-1916, a network of railways connecting European Russia with Russian Far East provinces. It is 9,288.2 kilometres (5,787 miles) long and spans 8 time zones.      .. More >>