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.

4048. Fact

An ant can survive for up to two days underwater.

4049. Fact

The disease-carrying mosquito, delivering encephalitis, the West Nile virus, malaria, and Dengue fever, is by far the deadliest beast in the animal world. The World Health Organization says mosquitos cause more than 2 million deaths a year worldwide.

4050. Fact

The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia - a Latin term meaning for example.

4051. Fact

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

4052. Fact

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons.

4053. Fact

The movie Cleopatra cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account

4054. Fact

¥ The 'You are here' arrow on a map is called the IDEO locator.

4055. Fact

Crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live.

4056. Fact

Cat urine glows under a black-light.

4057. Fact

Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.

4058. Fact

Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -as Aristotle had -that the heart was the seat of intelligence.

4059. Fact

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

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