4697. Fact

The word karate means empty hand.

4698. Fact

During Hell Week (the most grueling portion of training) the trainees get 4 hours of sleep.

4699. Animal Facts

The geographic tree frog can change its eyes from brown to patterned to help it camouflage itself in trees.

4700. Animal Facts

Crocodiles carry their young around in their mouths.

4701. Fact

Elvis Presley got a 'C'in his eighth grade music class.

4702. Fact

One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.

4703. Fact

Ketchup was once sold as a patented medicine. In the 1830s it was marketed in the United States as Dr. Miles's Compound Extract of Tomato.

4704. Fact

Irish cream and Hazelnut are the most popular whole bean coffee flavorings.

4705. Fact

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.

4706. Fact

The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.

4707. Fact

Vaseline was created by Robert Chesebrough in 1870. He developed it after visiting Titusville, PA in 1859. While there he noticed that workers were treating cuts and burns with grease that accumulated on drill rods from the oil fields.

4708. Fact

The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and 1 inch in thick.

4709. Fact

Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating

4710. Fact

To avoid long encounters with the press, President Ronald Reagan often took reporters' questions with his helicopter roaring in the background.

4711. Fact

On average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the United States

4712. Fact

About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

4713. Fact

The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles

4714. Fact

ABBA GOLD has been in the UK charts for over 280 weeks, thats over 5 years

4715. Fact

Human thighbones are as strong as concrete.

4716. Fact

A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

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