4402. Fact

The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in

4403. Fact

Bees have five eyes.

4404. Fact

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the western Pacific.

4405. Fact

The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it Epsicle. The name was later changed to Popsicle

4406. Fact

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C

4407. Fact

Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys.

4408. Fact

In a six-pack of soda the cans cost more to make than the drink.

4409. Fact

Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A.

4410. Fact

The average person laughs 13 times a day.

4411. Fact

Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.

4412. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, hair does not grow back darker and thicker after it has been shaved.

4413. Fact

Beer has a bitter taste and slightly pungent aroma because of lupulin, a substance found in hops.

4414. Fact

Whales can never focus both their eyes on the same object at once.

4415. Fact

It is impossible for anyone to verbally count up to the number 1 trillion

4416. Fact

In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton and a cottage cheese like substance are popular pizza toppings

4417. Fact

After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.

4418. Fact

Ironically, watermelons, which are 92% water, originated from the Kalahari Desert in Africa

4419. Fact

'Second Street'is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street'is the sixth. "

4420. Fact

Synthetic Diamonds can be made from human ashes after cremation. Using chemical and physical methods, Algordanza, a Swiss firm, separates out the carbon, which produces up to 4 Diamonds from a persons cremated remains.

4421. Fact

At the end of the Beatles' song A Day in the Life, an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.

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