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

5500. Fact

The Library of Congress, located in Washington D.C., is the largest library in the world

5501. Fact

In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago

5502. Fact

In Utah it is illegal to fish from horseback.

5503. Fact

The Great Lakes are the most important inland waterway in North America. All the lakes, except Lake Michigan, which lies entirely in the United States, are shared by the United States and Canada and form part of the border between these countries.

5504. Fact

Apparently 1/3 of people with alarm clocks hit the 'snooze' button every morning, and from 25-34 age group, it is over 1/2.

5505. Fact

Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space

5506. Fact

Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.

5507. Fact

The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell

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