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.

4392. Fact

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands

4393. Fact

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

4394. Fact

Hard Bean means the coffee was grown at an altitude above 5000 feet.

4395. Fact

Books on religion outnumbered works of fiction by a 2 to 1 margin in 1870 England. Sixteen years later, novels surpassed religious works.

4396. Fact

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

4397. Fact

Macaroni, Gentoo, Chinstrap and Emperor are types of penguins.

4398. Fact

The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element'.

Fact
It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.      .. More >>