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.

4060. Fact

Baseball's home plate is 17 inches wide.

4061. Fact

In Alabama it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.

4062. Fact

Flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. In one night they can travel about 600 km.

4063. Fact

The metric system was to blame for the loss of the Mars Climate orbiter.

4064. Fact

Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay.

4065. Fact

Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

4066. Fact

The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.

4067. Fact

There are six U.S. Presidents with the first name James: Madison, Monroe, Garfield, Buchanon, Carter, Polk.

4068. Fact

In Canada it's illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.

4069. Fact

The electric chair was invented by a dentist

4070. Fact

The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.

4071. Fact

The most dangerous job in the United States is that of a fisherman, followed by logging and then an airline pilot

4072. Fact

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

4073. Fact

The Stanley Cup came from the Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893, Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley. Stanley was a fan of hockey and presented a trophy to the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The amateur HNA would later become to NHL in 1917.

4074. Fact

Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining

4075. Fact

On November 29, 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

4076. Fact

Lee De Forest, the inventor of the radio tube, was tried for fraud in 1913. He was accused of tricking the public into buying stocks in his company, the Radio Telephone Company, by making absurd and deliberately misleading claims about the possibility of transmitting the human voice across the Atlantic Ocean.

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