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

5711. Fact

Chedder cheese is the best selling cheese in the USA

5712. Fact

A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

5713. Fact

The amount of Kit Kat chocolate bars that are made at the York factory every 15 minutes are enough to outstack the Eiffel Tower

5714. Fact

BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA space program for American astronauts

5715. Fact

Bill Gates'house was designed using a Macintosh computer.

5716. Fact

David Wolf was the first person to cast an absentee ballot from space. In November 1997, he cast a vote via e-mail for the mayor of Houston while onboard the space station Mir.

5717. Animal Facts

Bracken Cave in Texas is home to 20 million bats. The floor is caked in a thick layer of bat faeces.

5718. Fact

In all of Shakespeare's works and excluding Roman numerals only one word begins with the letter X. Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates, appears in The Taming of the Shrew.

5719. Fact

Almost all Jewish and Muslim males in the world are circumcised, and together they account for about 70% of all circumcised males globally.

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