5678. Fact

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

5679. Fact

Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to.

5680. Fact

A jellyfish is 95 percent water, and humans are about 70% water.

5681. Fact

The Great Lakes have a combined area of 94,230 square miles larger than the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont combined.

5682. Fact

Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa.

5683. Fact

Peanuts are beans.

5684. Fact

Astronauts cannot burp in space.

5685. Fact

The Mexican Hat Dance is the official dance of Mexico

5686. Fact

Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts

5687. Animal Facts

A hissing cockroach makes a noise by squeezing air out of tiny holes in its body segments.The sound can be heard 3.7 metres (12 feet) away.

5688. Fact

In 1894 there were only 4 automobiles in the US.

5689. Fact

The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate

5690. Fact

315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

5691. Fact

Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph

5692. Fact

Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character

5693. Fact

It is illegal to say Oh, Boy in Jonesboro, Georgia.

5694. Fact

In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.

5695. Fact

During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back

5696. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet

5697. Fact

The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

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