5226. Fact

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple

5227. Fact

Smith is the most common last name in the United States. A little over 1% of all Americans share that last name.

5228. Fact

The X's that people sometimes put at the end of letters or notes to mean a kiss, actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X

5229. Fact

A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Mathematician Edward Kasner supposedly asked his nephew Milton Sirotta to suggest a name for the number, and he came up with this word.

5230. Fact

In Spain, it is common to pour chocolate milk on cereal for breakfast.

5231. Fact

One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.

5232. Fact

The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.

5233. Fact

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

5234. Fact

The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda.

5235. Fact

Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.

5236. Fact

Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States.

5237. Fact

Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.

5238. Fact

Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man's chest in Omaha, Nebraska.

5239. Fact

Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories

5240. Fact

An estimated 690 million people live in Africa

5241. Fact

Men with a certain rare medical condition can breastfeed babies

5242. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.

5243. Fact

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed (paw).

5244. Fact

Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of milk chocolate.

5245. Fact

The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive, so much so that they will set off an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

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