4611. Fact

The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

4612. Fact

The tonsillectomy is the most common surgical procedure.

4613. Fact

A group of kangaroos is called a mob

4614. Fact

Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in our solar system.

4615. Fact

The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teeth and instead just washed his mouth with tea

4616. Fact

Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain

4617. Fact

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 1,250 miles long.

4618. Fact

There are only four words in the English language that end in -dous: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

4619. Fact

Armadillos along with humans are the other creatures that can contract leprosy.

4620. Fact

The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child

4621. Fact

Turtles can breathe through their butts

4622. Fact

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

4623. Fact

In 1945 a computer at Harvard malfunctioned and Grace Hopper, who was working on the computer, investigated, found a moth in one of the circuits and removed it. Ever since, when something goes wrong with a computer, it is said to have a bug in it.

4624. Fact

A duckðs quack doesnðt echo, and no one knows why

4625. Fact

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.

4626. Fact

A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side

4627. Fact

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

4628. Fact

¥ From 1942 until the end of World War II, Oscars were made out of plaster to conserve metal. After the war, the winners received real replacement statues.

4629. Fact

A horse can sleep standing up.

4630. Fact

The famous ship Old Ironsides actually had wooden sides.

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