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

4947. Fact

Every year more people are killed by donkeys than in aircraft crashes.

4948. Fact

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.

4949. Fact

Adelphogamy is a marriage custom in which brothers share one or several wives.

4950. Fact

The oldest cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in 1844.

4951. Fact

In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.

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