3816. Fact

People will swallow about 8 spiders in their lifetime.

3817. Fact

During the Easter season, 600 million Marshmallow Peeps are bought my Americans. The Marshmallow Peep is the most popular Easter candy besides chocolate

3818. Fact

According to an Old English system of time units, a moment is considered to be one and a half minutes.

3819. Fact

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

3820. Fact

In1770, a bill proposing that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft was put forward to the British Parliament

3821. Fact

The famous Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) was a librarian for many years before he died

3822. Fact

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as isnecessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia stillhad segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks andwhites.

3823. Fact

The word checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase Shah Mat, which means, The King Is Dead.

3824. Fact

The giraffe is the only animal born with horns.

3825. Fact

Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple

3826. Fact

The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie

3827. Fact

Storks were a symbol of fertility in Europe and were considered to bring good luck

3828. Fact

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.

3829. Fact

The dimensions of a regulation football field are: 360 feet long and 160 feet wide.

3830. Fact

After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

3831. Fact

In North Dakota it is illegal to keep an elk in a sandbox in your backyard.

3832. Fact

Michelangelo painted only one easel picture.

3833. Fact

Per capita, the Irish eat more chocolate than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians.

3834. Fact

Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

3835. Fact

Ivory soap slogan 99-44/100% Pure was cleverly invented by Harley Proctor who with the help of chemists determined that Ivory soap was only 56/100 pure. Proctor simply subtracted 56 from 100 and came up with 99-44/100% Pure

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