3685. Fact

In 1924, Pope Urban VIII threatened to excommunicate snuff users.

3686. Fact

The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive...so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

3687. Fact

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

3688. Fact

If the gross for "Gone With the Wind" were to be adjusted to allow for inflation in the period since its release, it would be regarded as the most successful film ever.

3689. Fact

Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky

3690. Fact

The term Y2K was invented by David Eddie in June 1995 through the email.

3691. Fact

Bigamy is the act or condition of a person marrying another person while still being lawfully married to a second person.

3692. Fact

If the liver ever stops working a person will die within 8 to 24 hours.

3693. Fact

In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.

3694. Fact

Licking and sucking gently on earlobes is arousing to many people. Also, whispering or breathing softly in one's ear can also be very pleasurable.

3695. Fact

On average, we lose 11 oz. of weight while we are asleep at night.

3696. Fact

Paul Hornung holds the NFL record for the most points in a single season. He scored 176 points in 1960.

3697. Fact

Tasmania has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.

3698. Fact

90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.

3699. Fact

In Baltimore it is illegal to mistreat oysters.

3700. Fact

Mars is the home of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system

3701. Fact

The first American astronaut in space was Alan B. Shepard Jr

3702. Fact

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

3703. Fact

Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.

3704. Fact

Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.

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