3740. Fact

More than 20,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing in action in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. This was the bloodiest one-day fight during the Civil War.

3741. Fact

The Pacific Giant Octopus, the largest octopus in the world, grows from the size of pea to a 150 pound behemoth potentially 30 feet across in only two years, its entire life-span.

3742. Fact

Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter.

3743. Fact

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

3744. Fact

Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

3745. Fact

A quarter of raw potato placed in each shoe at night will keep the leather soft and the shoes smelling fresh and clean.

3746. Fact

The first book published in the United States was Massachusetts Bay Colony: The Oath of a Free Man, in 1638.

3747. Fact

The longest word that can be typed on the top row of letters on a Qwerty keyboard is TYPEWRITER.

3748. Fact

In Utah, birds have the right of way on all highways.

3749. Fact

The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.

3750. Fact

Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

3751. Fact

The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation

3752. Fact

A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

3753. Fact

Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

3754. Fact

Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Nixon's Secretaries of State have won Noble Peace Prizes.

3755. Fact

In Newport, Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after sunset.

3756. Fact

Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18

3757. Fact

In 1889, the 1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank.

3758. Fact

Muhammad is the most common name in the world.

3759. Fact

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.

Fact
Buttermilk does not contain any butter, but is a cultured milk product which is usually made from fat free milk      .. More >>