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.

5212. Fact

An average person consumes the equivalent of 26 gallons of milk a year, including almost 28 pounds of cheese

5213. Fact

Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa

5215. Fact

If it isn t moving a frog can t see it. If the frog cant see it, he won't eat it.

5216. Fact

Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth.

5217. Fact

The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room

5218. Fact

Forty percent of Americans have never visited a dentist.

5219. Fact

In 2002, dogs have killed more people in the U.S. than the Great White shark has killed in the past 100 years

5221. Fact

In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip

5222. Animal Facts

The face fly feeds on the mucus produced in a cow's eyes and nostrils.

5223. Fact

There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact replica of a hamburger

5224. Fact

Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill

5225. Fact

The largest painting in the world is The Battle of Gettysburg, painted in 1883 by Paul Philippoteaux and sixteen of his assistants. The painting took two and a half years to create and is 410 feet long, 70 feet high, and weighs 11,792 pounds.

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