4100. Fact

A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times in one second or over 5000 times a minute.

4101. Fact

It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation

4102. Fact

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

4103. Fact

A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas.

4104. Fact

The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat

4105. Fact

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

4106. Fact

Minnows have teeth located on a bone in their throat

4107. Fact

The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii

4108. Fact

North America was called Turtle Island by the Delaware Indians.

4109. Fact

Octopi change colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in

4110. Fact

A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack

4111. Fact

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles."

4112. Fact

The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding

4113. Fact

The Aztecs of Mexico roasted and ground up the cacao bean, mixed it with water, added peppers and other spices, stirred it up to a froth and drank the pungent mixture they called chocolate.

4114. Fact

In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic

4115. Fact

In Scotland, Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the restaurant was subsequently boycotted.

4116. Fact

It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats

4117. Fact

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

4118. Fact

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympic games while hosting the event

4119. Fact

When potatoes first appeared in Europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they were blamed for starting outbreaks of leprosy and syphilis. As late as 1720 in America, eating potatoes was believed to shorten a person's life.

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