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

3721. Fact

The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.

3722. Fact

Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.

3723. Fact

Aztec emperor Montezuma had nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant plenty of excrement.

3724. Fact

Of the estimated 162 million land-based telephones in the U.S., 25 million have unlisted numbers.

3725. Fact

In 1903, there were originally only eight Crayola crayons in a box and they sold for five cents

3726. Fact

Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study.

3727. Fact

Iron weighs more after it rusts.

3728. Fact

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.

3729. Fact

The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet.

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