5649. Fact

The yo-yo was introduced in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan. The toy was based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters.

5650. Fact

Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. They frequently rise to the surface for air.

5651. Fact

In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner.

5652. Fact

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

5653. Animal Facts

Baby Komodo dragons will eat their brothers and sisters if they are hungry and there is no other food.

5654. Animal Facts

Crows are one of the few larger creatures that will eat rotting and putrid flesh.

5655. Fact

Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.

5656. Fact

The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'. It came from the author's friends, whom he called his fwendy (friend)

5657. Fact

Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process

5658. Fact

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.

5659. Fact

Paul Gauguin's Marquesas Island neighbor, Tioka, bit him on the head after he died. Tioka was following a Marquesan custom of verifying the dead.

5660. Fact

Bill Gates designed a traffic control system for Seattle when he was only 15.

5661. Fact

In one day, the Tootsie Roll Industry makes over 16 million lollipops

5662. Fact

In Oklahoma, people who make ugly faces at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

5663. Animal Facts

The axolotl is a pale amphibian that is part way between a tadpole and a lizard, and lives in a single lake in Mexico. Some axolotls change shape and become land creatures, but most don't ever change.

5664. Fact

Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.

5665. Fact

Semen contains zinc, fructose, potassium, free amino acids, and fructose.

5666. Fact

The average person can live 11 days without water.

5667. Fact

The biggest disco ball in the world has a diameter of 2.41 meters and 137.89 kilograms. It also has 6,900 mirror squares on it

5668. Fact

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate

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