5410. Fact

Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history.

5411. Fact

Townsend Speakman of Philadelphia mixed fruit flavor with soda water in 1807, creating the first flavored soda pop, he called it Nephite Julep.

5412. Fact

Cows release 50 million metric tonnes of methane gas a year.

5413. Fact

Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century whose name was really Patience

5414. Fact

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

5415. Fact

7 out of 10 people believe in life after death

5416. Fact

Over 200 varieties of watermelons are grown in the U.S

5417. Fact

Germany produces more than 5,000 varieties of beer and has about 1,300 breweries in country

5418. Fact

At the beginning of the year 2001 all Canadian cigarette packaging will depict graphic images of rotting teeth and deteriorating organs.

5419. Fact

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.

5420. Fact

Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of French fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort.

5421. Fact

The average number of bridesmaids at a wedding is four

5422. Fact

70% of the poor people in the world are female

5423. Animal Facts

Electric eels can deliver a shock of 500 volts to stun their dinner into submission.

5424. Fact

Chameleons can reel in food from a distance as far away as more than two and a half times their body lengths.

5425. Fact

The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.

5426. Fact

Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world

5427. Fact

In ancient Egypt, the only person who was allowed to wear cotton was the High Priest

5428. Fact

Cotton crops can be sprayed up to 40 times a year making it the most chemical-intensive crop in the world

5429. Fact

Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung

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