4549. Fact

The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons

4550. Fact

Eating breakfast will help you burn 5-20% more calories throughout the day.

4551. Fact

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with multi-colored yolks.

4552. Fact

In Atlanta, GA, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

4553. Fact

Strawberries are a member of the rose family

4554. Fact

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million for Alaska in 1867

4555. Fact

In ancient Greece the custom of allowing a condemned man to end his own life by poison was extended only to full citizens. Condemned slaves were instead beaten to death.

4556. Fact

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

4557. Fact

In the summer of 1858, the smell of the sewage in the Thames River in London was so bad that the Members of Parliament had to leave from the chamber of the House of Commons. This was a result of two million people dumping all their sewage into the river

4558. Fact

The average person grows up to 6 feet of nose hair.

4559. Fact

It takes 100 pounds of rain water to produce a single pound of food from the earth.

4560. Fact

Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces

4561. Fact

80% of millionaires drive used cars.

4562. Fact

Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the Hindus

4563. Fact

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world

4564. Fact

Horses can sleep while standing upright.

4565. Fact

Penguins can leap to heights as high as six feet.

4566. Fact

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building may sway several feet to either side.

4567. Fact

In 1960 there were 16,067 gambling slots in Nevada. By 1999, this number rose to 205,726 slots which would be one slot for every 10 people residing there

4568. Fact

The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles

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