4028. Fact

In 1980, the only country in the world with no telephones was Bhutan.

4029. Fact

One million $1 bills weighs 1 ton.

4030. Fact

An American chews an average of 300 sticks of gum in a year

4031. Fact

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, named in the Bible's Book of Revelation, are Conquest, Slaughter, Famine, and Death.

4032. Fact

If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

4033. Fact

Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million.

4034. Fact

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

4035. Fact

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

4036. Fact

To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice

4037. Fact

The mother of the boy Michael Jackson is accused of abusing is named 'Janet Jackson'.

4038. Fact

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, or silver.

4039. Fact

In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents

4040. Fact

When George Washington ran for the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1757, he was accused of trying to win votes by plying voters with 28 gallons of rum, 50 gallons of rum punch, 46 gallons of beer and 34 gallons of wine.

4041. Fact

The platypus uses its bill to find animals that it feeds on. Its bill can sense the tiny electric fields that their preys emit

4042. Fact

The stage were the television sitcom Friends is shot on is said to be haunted

4043. Fact

The ear which the matador slices off the bull is his trophy.

4044. Fact

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day

4045. Fact

Madonna suffers from garophobia (the fear of thunder).

4046. Fact

Thirteen percent of the human population reside in deserts

4047. Fact

Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.

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