4263. Fact

Gorilla gorilla gorilla is the scientific name for the animal gorilla

4264. Fact

Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears

4265. Fact

The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.

4266. Fact

When a giraffe is born, it has to fall around six feet to the ground.

4267. Fact

There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon

4268. Fact

The first known heart medicine was discovered in an English garden. In 1799, physician John Ferriar noted the effect of dried leaves of the common foxglove plant, digitalis purpurea, on heart action. Still used in heart medications, digitalis slows the pulse and increases the force of heart contractions and the amount of b lood pumped per heartbeat.

4269. Fact

In 24 hrs. an average healthy human breathes 23,000 times.

4270. Fact

Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.

4271. Fact

There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York

4272. Fact

President Eisenhower banished squirrels from the grounds because they were ruining the green.

4273. Fact

Forty percent of McDonald's profits comes from the sale of Happy Meals.

4274. Fact

The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.

4275. Fact

It is only appropriate to fly the US flag upside down in emergencies. It means Help Me, I am in Trouble!

4276. Fact

The first American celebration of St. Patricks Day was at Boston in 1737

4277. Fact

One bushel of wheat can make enough sandwiches that you could eat three sandwiches a day for over six months

4278. Fact

Only 51% of South Carolina high school students will graduate, the lowest of any state.

4279. Fact

In English, four is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value.

4280. Fact

The minarets of the Taj Mahal in India are angled at 88 degrees outwards so that they would not collapse into the structure should an earthquake occur

4281. Fact

A five and a half year old weighing 250 pounds was exhibited at a meeting of the Physical Society of Vienna on December 4, 1894. She ate a normal diet and was otherwise in good health. The problem: she wasn't able to sweat.

4282. Fact

During warm weather hippos secrete a reddish, oily fluid, called pink sweat, which acts as a skin conditioner to keep it moist.

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