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.

3258. Fact

Two-thirds of Canadians live in Quebec and Ontario

3259. Fact

New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment.

3260. Fact

An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.

3261. Fact

The metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called the Brannock device.

3262. Fact

Less than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease is China's leading cause of death.

3263. Fact

In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

3264. Fact

Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions.

3265. Fact

In 1949, forecasting the relentless march of science, Popular Mechanics said Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.

3266. Fact

All the pet hamsters in the world are descended from a single wild golden Hamster found in Syria in 1930.

3267. Fact

The Honda Accord has the highest stolen rate in the US according to NCIB.

3268. Fact

The earth is not perfectly round. Technically, it's a triaxial ellipsoid, which is to say that it's nearly spherical, but flattened at the top and bottom.

3269. Fact

In the United States only 80 miles separate the highest point of land and the lowest point in the lower 48 states. Mount Whitney on the eastern border of Sequoia National Park in California is 14,496 feet high, and a pool called Badwater in Death Valley is 280 feet below sea level.

3270. Fact

The shallowest sea is the sea of Azov. It is 13 meters at its deepest.

3271. Fact

It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minnesota.

3272. Fact

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth

3273. Fact

Morphine was given its name in 1803 by the discoverer, a 20 year old German pharmacist named Friedrich Saturner. He named it after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.

3274. Fact

Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them

3275. Fact

The actor who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2 (Robert Patrick) and the lead singer of Filter are brothers

3276. Fact

Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.

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