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.

5766. Fact

Thomasville, North Carolina, prohibits airplanes from flying over the town on Sundays during the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

5767. Animal Facts

The naked mole rat is perhaps the ugliest mammal in the world. It looks like a wrinkly sausage with very short legs and huge, protruding teeth. It has no hair anywhere except the inside of its mouth.

5768. Fact

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, JohnHancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, butthe last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

5769. Fact

Calvin Coolidge, was so famous for saying so little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could get him to say more than two words. She told the president of her wager. His reply: You lose.

5770. Fact

The cardigan was originally made to be a military jacket made of knitted wool

5771. Fact

A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds

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