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

5669. Fact

Giant flying foxes, which are a type of bat, that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet

5670. Fact

Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.

5671. Fact

22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.

5672. Fact

The slowest trainee on the SEALs obstacle course must wear a pink T-shirt that reads, Always a Lady.

5673. Fact

Every year, the moon moves 1/2 an inch further from the earth.

5674. Fact

Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf .

5675. Fact

President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins.

5676. Fact

Gorillas are considered apes, not monkeys. The way to distinguish between an ape and a monkey is that apes do not have tails

5677. Fact

If a shark's mouth is open to long it will suffocate.

5678. Fact

By law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing.

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