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.

4189. Fact

Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk.

4190. Fact

The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid.

4191. Fact

The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse.

4192. Fact

Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system

4193. Fact

Two in every three car buyers pays the sticker price without arguing.

4194. Fact

Hondas and Toyotas are the most frequently stolen passenger cars because they have parts that can be readily exchanged between model years without a problem.

4195. Fact

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

4196. Fact

Bernd Eilts, a German artist, turns dried cow manure into wall clocks and small sculptures. He is now expanding his business to include cow dung wrist watches

4197. Fact

The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.

4198. Fact

49% of men report that a woman's sense of humor is a big turn on.

4199. Fact

A real estate agent s rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.

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Men and women button their shirts differently. A practice that comes from olden times when royal men dressed themselves but the women used chambermaids who buttoned their blouses for them from the front.      .. More >>