4372. Fact

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball

4373. Fact

Elephants produce 50 pounds of manure every day.

4374. Fact

The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed

4375. Fact

German cockroaches can survive for up to one month without food and two weeks without water

4376. Fact

The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as Hollywoodland.

4377. Fact

Gigolo is a male prostitute.

4378. Fact

Eight positions are mentioned in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine. Only right field was left out.

4379. Fact

Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.

4380. Fact

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

4381. Fact

Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips

4382. Fact

In the St. Louis, MO area, the word hoosier is used as a slang term for what the rest of the country would describe as white trash, rednecks, or hillbillies.

4383. Fact

A study revealed that men that were born with a low birth weight were less likely to get married

4384. Fact

A chef's hat is tall and balloons at the top so as to counteract the intense heat in the kitchen. The unique shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool.

4385. Fact

People say bless you when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

4386. Fact

About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.

4387. Fact

1 and 2 are the only numbers where they are values of the numbers of the factors they have.

4388. Fact

A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year.

4389. Fact

The flavor we think of as bubblegum is a combination of wintergreen, vanilla and cassia, a form of cinnamon.

4390. Fact

Approximately 5% of 40-year-old men and 15-25% of 65-year-old men experience erectile dysfunction.

4391. Fact

Warren Beatty once worked as a rat-catcher.

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