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.

5899. Fact

The first woman to run for President was Victoria Woodhull, on the Equal Rights Party ballot in 1872.

5900. Fact

The high level of unemployment in Canada makes it one of the least popular destinations for illegal immigrants.

5901. Fact

The egg came first.

5902. Fact

Gweneth Paltrow's nickname for Steven Speilberg is Uncle Morty.

5903. Fact

The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.

5904. Fact

It takes 20 different muscles to form a kiss.

5905. Fact

A citizen of Calcutta, India , grew the fingernails on his left hand to a length of 76 inches.

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