5807. Fact

Skin is thickest, 1/5 inch, on the upper back. It is thinnest on the eyelids, which are only 1/50th inch thick

5808. Fact

Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India

5809. Fact

A pig is the only animal than can get sunburned.

5810. Fact

Taco Bell serves over 35 million consumers each week in the USA

5811. Fact

The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.

5812. Fact

In the United States, more Frisbee discs are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs, and footballs combined.

5813. Fact

The Sahara Desert expands at a rate of about 1 km each month.

5814. Fact

To make an espresso 42 coffee beans are needed

5815. Animal Facts

Head lice suck blood for about 45 seconds every 2–3 hours, but they can go without a meal for up to two days if they are between heads – on a comb, towel or pillow.

5816. Fact

The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds.

5817. Fact

Frozen food can be just as nutritious as fresh food

5818. Fact

Eating about twenty tart cherries a day could reduce inflammatory pain and headache pain

5819. Fact

A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood

5820. Fact

The first plastic ever invented was celluloid in 1868. It's still used today to make billiard balls.

5821. Fact

Until the 18th century India produced almost all the world diamonds.

5822. Fact

Andrew Johnson, was the only self-educated tailor. He is the only President to make his own clothes as well as his cabinet's.

5823. Fact

¥ Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland.

5824. Fact

Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.

5825. Fact

Four out of five brides in the U.S. have a job

5826. Fact

When the English colonists sat down for their first Thanksgiving dinner on February 22, 1630, an Indian chief named Quadoquina offered a deerskin bag filled with freshly popped corn. Thus popcorn made its first appearance to non-native North Americans.

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