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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.
3897. Fact
5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US.
3898. Fact
In India, Pajamas are accepted as standard daytime wearing apparel.
3899. Fact
Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname Tiger in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
3900. Fact
One out of every 11 workers in North Carolina depends on tobacco for their livelihood .
3901. Fact
Over one million Pet Rocks were sold in 1975, makine Gary Dahl, of Los Gatos, California, a millionaire. He got the idea while joking with friends about his pet that was easy to take care of, which was a rock
3902. Fact
All mammals, except man and monkey are color blind.
3903. Fact
A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 litres
3904. Fact
JFK's golf clubs sold for $772,500 at a 1996 auction. The buyer was Arnold Schwarzenegger.
3905. Fact
Catfish from the Nile River swim upside-down.
3906. Fact
In France, the Big Dipper is called the casserole.
3907. Fact
In the United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year
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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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