5480. Fact

In gangster slang, a boxing match that is fixed is called a barney.

5481. Fact

A Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.

5482. Fact

The smallest breed of dogs are the Chihuahuas.

5483. Fact

Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

5484. Fact

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

5485. Fact

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer

5486. Fact

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

5487. Fact

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

5488. Fact

It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot

5489. Fact

The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment

5490. Fact

The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.

5491. Fact

Border collies are the most intelligent breed of dog

5492. Fact

Goats do not have upper front teeth.

5493. Animal Facts

Flies beat their wings about 180 times a second.

5494. Fact

Colonel Sanders traveled over 250,000 miles a year visiting various parts of his Kentucky Fried Chicken Empire

5495. Fact

An arabica coffee tree can produce up to 12 pounds of coffee a year, depending on soil and climate.

5496. Fact

When angered, the ears of the tazmanian devil turn pinkish red.

5497. Fact

China was the first country to use paper money.

5498. Fact

Pierre, the capital of South Dakota, is the only state capital name that shares no letters with the name of its state.

5499. Fact

Thailand used to be called Siam

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