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.

5827. Fact

The record for the biggest one day rainfall was set on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, on March 15, 1952, where 74 inches of rain fell in 24 hours.

5828. Fact

The adult electric eel can produce a five hundred volt shock, which is enough to stun a horse

5829. Fact

Hippos have killed more than 400 people in Africa, more than any other wild animal.

5830. Fact

During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles

5831. Fact

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

5832. Fact

Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software

5833. Fact

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball

5834. Fact

Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand.

5835. Fact

35,000 people in the U.S. will die from the flu annually.

5836. Fact

The amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000.

5837. Fact

Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected thirty-five Oscars.

5838. Fact

There are more than 3000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee

5839. Fact

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee

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