5178. Animal Facts

A 32-kilogram (70-pound) octopus can squeeze through a hole the size of a tennis ball.

5179. Animal Facts

The end of a chameleon's tongue can have a club-like lump oiled with sticky goo which helps it to catch insects.

5180. Fact

When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.

5181. Fact

In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax.

5182. Fact

From 13th June 1948 to 1st June 1958 a citizen of Los Angeles hiccoughed 160,000,000 times. People sent him 60,000 suggestions for cures.

5183. Fact

SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.

5184. Fact

The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years

5185. Fact

A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years.

5186. Fact

The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means Food of the Gods.

5187. Fact

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween'was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

5188. Fact

93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women

5189. Fact

The only big cat that doesn't roar is a Jaguar

5190. Fact

There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

5191. Fact

In many of the milk ads that are shown, a mix of thinner and white paint is used instead of milk

5192. Fact

The Sanskrit word for war means desire for more cows.

5193. Fact

Every Alaskan citizen over the age of 6 months receives an oil dividend check of about $1000 per year.

5194. Fact

In ancient Rome, people found guilty of murdering their fathers were executed in a bizarre manner. The punishment was to be put in a sack with a rooster, a viper, and a dog, then drowned along with all three animals.

5195. Fact

Chocolate melts in your mouth because cocoa butter has a melting point of just below 35 degrees C, a little under body temperature.

5196. Fact

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair

5197. Fact

All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job.

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