4477. Fact

11% of the world is left-handed.

4478. Fact

Although the Pony Express was one of the most famous chapters in U.S. history, it only lasted one year, from 1860-61.

4479. Fact

The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.

4480. Fact

The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

4481. Fact

Streetcar conductors, taxi drivers, and business executives have the highest statistical chance of getting ulcers.

4482. Fact

Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.

4483. Fact

Men are more likely to be colorblind than women. About one of out of 12 men are colorblind

4484. Fact

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

4485. Fact

A panagram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. For example: Pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs.

4486. Fact

First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.

4487. Fact

Ten radishes only contain eight calories

4488. Fact

The fat from sheep, which is called tallow can be used to make soap and candles

4489. Fact

The word housekeeping was invented by Shakespeare

4490. Fact

In Indiana it is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to induce laughter.

4491. Fact

The rhinoceros beetle can carry up to 850 times its weight on its back. This is equivalent to a person carrying over 50 mini-vans on their back

4492. Fact

Kiwi birds are blind, they hunt only by smell.

4493. Fact

Patagonia at the southern tip of South America is the only populated land area south of 40 degrees South Latitude. By comparison, most of Europe, Asia, and two-thirds of North America are north of 40 degrees North Latitude.

4494. Fact

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word criminal. William Jefferson Clinton is the second.

4495. Fact

The patron saint of dentists is St. Apollonia. She reportedly had her teeth pulled out in 249 AD by an anti-Christian mob.

4496. Fact

An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface

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