5738. Fact

In 1832 Abraham Lincoln ran for the Illinois legislature, and lost.

5739. Fact

Back in 1796, dimes were called dismes

5740. Fact

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, and silver.

5741. Fact

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand

5742. Fact

The highest temperature ever recorded in the continental US was 134 degrees on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley, California.

5743. Fact

Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.

5744. Fact

Gender identity is the gender one feels himself or herself to be, whether physiologically male or female.

5745. Fact

Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour

5746. Fact

Cows are usually found lying down before it starts to rain.

5747. Fact

Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined

5748. Fact

There are no public toilets in Peru.

5749. Fact

Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer. new

5750. Fact

The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina

5751. Fact

Potato chips are American's favorite snack food. They are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year.

5752. Fact

In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.

5753. Fact

A drink used to be made by the Aztecs for the gods which had the ingredients of ground cocoa mixed in with spices and corn

5754. Fact

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.

5755. Fact

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony to be telecast was the 25th, in 1953.

5756. Fact

Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system

5757. Fact

Every eleven years the magnetic poles of the sun switch. This cycle is called Solarmax.

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