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.

5758. Fact

The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams

5759. Fact

As of 1996, Hee Haw holds the record for the longest running weekly first-run syndicated show in the history of television. It spanned over 4 decades, from the late '60s to the early '90s, airing every Saturday night at 7:00.

5760. Fact

Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system

5761. Fact

Robert Southey wrote the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears in 1834

5762. Fact

The caduceus the classical medical symbol of two serpents wrapped around a staff comes from an ancient Greek legend in which snakes revealed the practice of medicine to human beings.

5763. Fact

The first coin minted in the United States was a silver dollar. It was issued on October 15, 1794.

5764. Fact

There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

5765. Fact

The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game: Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners in a game against the California Angels on September 14th, 1990.

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