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

3654. Fact

The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.

3655. Fact

Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio in 1933. The first men to use FM radio to communicate with Earth from the moon's surface were named Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

3656. Fact

Racehorses can wear out new horse shoes in one race.

3657. Fact

In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened

3658. Fact

If you get the recomended 8 hours of sleep each night you will sleep over 2,900 hours each year.

3659. Fact

Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple.

3660. Fact

The term karaoke means empty orchestra in Japanese, and the karaoke machine was designed originally to provide backing tracks for solo cabaret performers.

3661. Fact

The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long

3662. Fact

All snow crystals are hexagonal.

3663. Fact

Fin whales are the second largest animal ever to live on earth. They have been measured to over 80 feet long in Antarctic waters.

3664. Fact

During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.

3665. Fact

In 1905, the first pizzeria in the U.S. opened in New York City

3666. Fact

There is a town named Dildo in the province of Newfoundland, Canada

3667. Fact

Chameleons change their color by dispersing the concentration of pigment in their skin. This is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Color changes are determined by external factors such as light and temperature as well as emotions. They do not change color to match their background.

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