3876. Fact

Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine.

3877. Fact

The average company saves over $7,000 for each employee suggestion that is enacted.

3878. Fact

The term the whole 9 yards came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the whole 9 yards.

3879. Fact

Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream.

3880. Fact

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

3881. Fact

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.

3882. Fact

Crocodiles have brains no larger than a cigar.

3884. Fact

About 30% of Canadians rely on getting their water from the ground for their domestic use

3885. Fact

In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people.

3886. Fact

Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa.

3887. Fact

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

3888. Fact

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

3889. Fact

The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.

3890. Fact

Every year, Mexico City sinks about 10 inches.

3891. Fact

Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.

3892. Fact

In Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise's character (Lt. Dan) tells Tom Hanks' character (Forrest Gump) that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is the day he'd be an astronaut. The following year, Sinise and Hanks appeared together as astronauts in Apollo 13.

3893. Fact

In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces.

3894. Fact

A pound of grasshoppers is three times as nutritious as a pound of beef.

3895. Fact

The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car. The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.

3896. Fact

Gargling in public is against the law in Louisiana.

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