4927. Fact

If you were to go on vacation for eleven days, you'd have less than one million seconds to enjoy it.

4928. Fact

Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998

4929. Fact

As of 2003, there were 1.3 million pornographic websites.

4930. Fact

Julie Nixon, daughter of Richard Nixon married David Eisenhower, grandson of Dwight Eisenhower

4931. Fact

The abbreviation 'ORD' for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from the old name 'Orchard Field.'

4932. Fact

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game

4933. Fact

Every 14 years, Saturn's rings become briefly invisible to astronomers on Earth. At that time, the plane of the rings is tipped to that of the Earth's orbit, and they are seen edge-on. Since the ring's are so thin, they can't be seen at that angle.

4934. Fact

The Chinese language does not require punctuation.

4935. Fact

Babies crawl an average of 200m a day

4936. Fact

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

4937. Fact

Death Valley, California, has a point that is 280 feet below sea level.

4938. Fact

Rene Descartes came up with the theory of coordinate geometry by looking at a fly walk across a tiled ceiling.

4939. Fact

The longest recorded gloved boxing match took place in 1893. Andy Bowen and Jack Burke fought for more than 7 hours. After 110 rounds, the fight was declared a draw because both Bowen and Burke were too exhausted to continue.

4940. Fact

In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain, most involving people slipping on skins.

4941. Fact

Three-hundred-million cells die in the human body every minute.

4942. Fact

Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet

4943. Fact

The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel

4944. Fact

Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships. new

4945. Fact

The term throw one's hat in the ring comes from boxing, where throwing a hat into the ring once signified a challenge. Today it nearly always signifies political candidacy.

4946. Fact

The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level

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