3634. Fact

Back in 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine and the trial costs.

3635. Fact

In ancient Egypt they paid their taxes in honey.

3636. Fact

In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed

3637. Fact

The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.

3638. Fact

In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily

3639. Fact

The average America online user spends 70 minutes day online

3640. Fact

A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly

3641. Fact

Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida

3642. Fact

It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star

3643. Fact

The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

3644. Fact

In Nicholas County, West Virginia, no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.

3645. Fact

Dentyne gum was invented in 1899 by a druggist from New York named Franklin V. Canning

3646. Fact

The most common injury caused by cosmetics is to the eye by a mascara wand

3647. Fact

A millipede has 4 legs on each segment of its body.

3648. Fact

Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08.

3649. Fact

Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off .

3650. Fact

The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day

3651. Fact

All 17 children of Queen Anne died before her.

3652. Fact

During World War II, bakers in the United States were ordered to stop selling sliced bread for the duration of the war on January 18, 1943. Only whole loaves were made available to the public. It was never explained how this action helped the war effort.

3653. Fact

The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia

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