3564. Fact

In Memphis, Tennessee it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself. A man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists.

3565. Fact

The name cranberry comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called crane berry. The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be cranberry.

3566. Fact

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents

3567. Fact

A McDonald's straw will hold 7.7 ml, or just over one-and-a-half teaspoons of whatever you are drinking.

3568. Fact

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

3569. Fact

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

3570. Fact

Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.

3571. Fact

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for theGeneral Purpose vehicle, G.P.

3572. Fact

The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish.

3573. Fact

¥ 35 meters of hair fiber is produced every day on the average adult scalp.

3574. Fact

Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.

3575. Fact

"Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

3576. Fact

An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

3577. Fact

In the Holocaust between 5.1 and 6 million of Europe's 10 million Jews were killed. An additional 6 million 'unwanted' people were also executed, including more than half of Poland's educated populace.

3578. Fact

Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.

3579. Fact

During its entire life time a housefly never travels more than a hundred feet from the place where it was born.

3580. Fact

Ten percent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.

3581. Fact

In Los Angelos, California it is legal for a man to beat his wife with a leather strap as long as it is less than two inches in width, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

3582. Fact

In 1900 the average age at death in the US was 47.

3583. Fact

James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.

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