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.

5198. Fact

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

5199. Fact

It is against the law to have a pet in Iceland.

5200. Fact

The oldest person to live was Jeanne Louise Calment, she lived for a whopping 122 years until she died of smoking related complications.

5201. Fact

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

5202. Fact

A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.

5203. Fact

When the Titanic sunk there was 7,500 lbs. of ham on it.

5204. Fact

Chocolate and wine are strong aphrodisiacs.

5205. Fact

Another name for licorice is Sweet Wood or Spanish Juice.

5206. Fact

The first reference to a monetary prize in a horse race was offered by Richard I in 1195.

5207. Fact

Most honey bees die after stinging people as our skin is elastic, unsuitable for their stingers which are meant for harder inelastic skins. Their venom glands are also torn out in the process.

5208. Fact

There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic

5209. Animal Facts

Slugs are attracted to beer; some gardeners trap them by putting out bowls of beer which the slugs fall into. They get drunk and drown. The slugs, not the gardeners!

5210. Fact

The word witch comes from the word wicca which translates to the wise one.

5211. Fact

In Albania nodding the head means no and shaking the head means yes.

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