4169. Fact

Bile produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green colour

4170. Fact

The only U.S. president to be born on the fourth of July was Calvin Coolidge.

4171. Fact

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

4172. Fact

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

4173. Fact

If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

4174. Fact

In the 20th century, over three million people have died from earthquakes

4175. Fact

Andrew Jackson spent most of his adult life with a bullet no more than two inches away from his heart as a result of a duel he fought before becoming President.

4176. Fact

The most common injury in bowling is a sore thumb.

4177. Fact

French was the official language of England for over 600 years.

4178. Fact

Paraguay and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems on the obverse and reverse sides.

4179. Fact

Bock's Car was the name of the B-29 Bomber that dropped the Atom Bomb on Nagasaki.

4180. Fact

Seven thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians bowled on alleys similar to the ones in use today.

4181. Fact

Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.

4182. Fact

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up.

4183. Fact

A butterfly can look at you through 12,000 eyes.

4184. Fact

A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.

4185. Fact

Woodbury Soap was the first product to use a picture of a nude woman in its advertisements. In 1936, a photo by Edward Steichen showed a rear full-length view of a woman sunbathing.

4186. Fact

In 1997, Fourteen percent of the one million citizens of Nairobi, Kenya carry the AIDS virus. Some 20% of the Kenyan military is infected.

4187. Fact

One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

4188. Fact

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

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