5925. Fact

There was a book written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic happened titled Futility by Morgan Robertson. This book was remarkably similar to the tragedy that happened to the Titanic in 1912

5926. Fact

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

5927. Fact

Manitoulin Island is the largest island in a fresh water lake. It is located in Canadian Lake Superior

5928. Fact

Every three seconds, a new baby is born

5929. Fact

Forty is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. One is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

5930. Fact

The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet

5931. Fact

Aspirin was the first drug offered as a water-soluble tablet in 1900.

5932. Fact

Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more

5933. Fact

Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten seconds

5934. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock directed the first talking film ever made in England. It was called "Blackmail" and was made in 1931.

5935. Fact

The odds against a royal flush in poker are exactly 649,739 to 1.

5936. Fact

The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore. updated

5937. Fact

Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

5938. Fact

More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.

5939. Fact

A queen bee lays about 1,500 eggs on an average day.

5940. Fact

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons

5941. Fact

In the Scottish Hebrides, an island is defined as being an island only if it is big enough to sustain 1 sheep.

5942. Fact

An individual coral animal is called a polyp

5943. Fact

The BEAVER, is America's largest rodent and can remain underwater for 20 minutes!

5944. Animal Facts

The deep-sea gulper eel can eat fish larger than itself. It can open its mouth so wide that its jaw bends back on itself at an angle of more than 180 degrees.

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