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

5698. Animal Facts

A maggot doesn't have teeth – it oozes a kind of spit called ferment onto its food. This dissolves the food, and the maggot then sucks it up.

5699. Fact

Starfish eat by regurgitating their stomach on top of their food. If they dont like what they are eating they detach the stomach and grow a new one.

5700. Fact

A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.

5701. Fact

The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

5702. Fact

Women smile more than men do

5703. Fact

Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.

5704. Animal Facts

Only female mosquitoes bite and suck blood – they need the protein in blood so that they can lay eggs. The males only eat nectar from flowers.

5705. Fact

In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario

5706. Fact

All snakes on the island of Tasmania are poisonous.

5707. Fact

Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg

5708. Fact

All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.

5709. Fact

The equatorial bulge of the earth does not rest along the equator. The highest point of the bulge is actually located 25 feet to the south.

5710. Fact

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Literature
Year : 1989
Name : camilo jose cela
Country : spain.      .. More >>