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.

3705. Fact

The words volt and voltage are named for a member of the Italian nobility in the 1700s named Count Voltman.

3706. Fact

Cats cannot taste sweet things.

3707. Fact

According to Hammurabi's Code, the penalty for medical malpractice was to cut off the doctor's hands.

3708. Fact

Fog and a cloud are the same thing, only at different altitudes. Fog is simply a cloud lying on the earth, while clouds are fog floating in the sky.

3709. Fact

Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.

3710. Fact

Cold water weighs more than hot water.

3711. Fact

For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called Growing Up Skipper. Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

3712. Fact

Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.

3713. Fact

Next to man, the porpoise is the most intelligent creature on earth

3714. Fact

In order to scare away predators, Giant petrels, a type of seabird, throw up all over the intruder

3715. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.

3716. Fact

Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You've got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."

3717. Fact

Imperia, Italy is the home of the Agnesi Historical Museum of Spaghetti.

3718. Fact

A typist's fingers travel over 12 and a half miles in an average day.

3719. Fact

According to legend, there s a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.

3720. Fact

The name for the sign & which represents the world and is ampersand

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