5878. Fact

Humans are the only animals that can blush.

5879. Animal Facts

Chameleons can change their skin colour to hide themselves (camouflage) – but they also change colour according to mood. Some go grey when depressed.

5880. Fact

On December 17 1991, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 148-80, the largest margin of victory in an NBA game

5881. Fact

In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time

5882. Fact

Despite its reputation for being finicky, the average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times its own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids.

5883. Fact

The earth is about 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons in weight

5884. Fact

Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.

5885. Fact

The Wizard of Oz was a Broadway musical 37 years before the MGM movie version was made. It had 293 performances and then went on a tour that lasted 9 years.

5887. Fact

Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix food to be sold commercially.

5888. Fact

Halfway, Oregon temporarily changed its name to half.com as a publicity stunt for the web site of the same name.

5889. Fact

The largest sculpture ever made are the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt on Mt. Rushmore.

5890. Fact

Those San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monuments.

5891. Animal Facts

Mosquitoes in the Arctic hatch when the snows thaw, sometimes making such large swarms they blot out the sun.

5892. Animal Facts

A pregnant scorpion will sometimes reabsorb its babies instead of giving birth to them.

5893. Fact

The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold

5894. Fact

An Octopus has 3 hearts.

5895. Animal Facts

A cockroach can survive being frozen in a block of ice for two days.

5896. Fact

In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball

5897. Fact

New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states.

5898. Fact

The first place winners at the first modern Olympics were awarded an olive branch and a silver medal. The runners-up received laurel sprigs and copper medals.

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