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%.

4200. Fact

There are over 600 different pasta shapes

4201. Fact

Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

4202. Fact

Seattle passed an ordinance that states that goldfish could ride the city buses in bowls only if they kept still.

4203. Fact

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule will not.

4204. Fact

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

4205. Fact

An unusually low sperm count is known as oligospermia, and the absence of any sperm from the semen is termed azoospermia.

4206. Fact

During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.

4207. Fact

85.7% of statisics are made up.

4208. Fact

The bands on hats trace back to the custom of knights wearing their lady loves' scarves around their helmets.

4209. Fact

Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

4210. Fact

Carpet slippers were created by thrifty housewives who found other uses for old, worn-out pieces of carpet.

4211. Fact

There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.

4212. Fact

The Venus flytrap feeds primarily on ants, not flies.

4213. Fact

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

4214. Fact

The soundtrack to Oklahoma was the first album to sell one million copies on August 18, 1958.

4215. Fact

In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters

4216. Fact

The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

4217. Fact

One in five Americans move homes every year

4218. Fact

Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.

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