4655. Fact

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order

4656. Fact

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the most common job in the United States in the 1890s was a farmer. Today, it' a salesman.

4657. Animal Facts

An elephant produces 23 kilograms (50 pounds) of faeces every day.

4658. Fact

Bees and dogs can smell fear.

4659. Fact

In the year 1900, for a women to be a telephone operator she had to be between the ages of 17 and 26 and not be married

4660. Fact

A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.

4661. Animal Facts

When a viper fish wants to eat a large meal, it moves all its internal organs towards its tail to make more room inside it for food.

4662. Fact

The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.

4663. Fact

Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

4664. Fact

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum

4665. Fact

The name for the middle part of the nose (the part that separates the nostrils) is called a chaffanue.

4666. Fact

Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour

4667. Fact

February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis

4668. Fact

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

4669. Fact

Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.)

4670. Fact

The body of the average baby is 75% water

4671. Fact

The name of the Russian space station, Mir, means peace.

4672. Fact

Annually 7 million tons of textiles and clothing is thrown out. Out of this, only 12% is used again or recycled

4673. Fact

'Bimbo'is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.

4674. Fact

Adult movie star, Ron Jeremy, has a master's degree in Special Education.

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Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil      .. More >>