6001. Fact

From all the vegetables, beets contain the most sugar

6002. Fact

The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club.

6003. Fact

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

6004. Fact

In South Carolina you can be fined for not denouncing the evils of intemperance on the fourth Friday of every October.

6005. Animal Facts

Rats have super-strong teeth.Amongst other things, they can bite through wood, metal and electric cables.

6006. Fact

Hills Brothers Ground Vacuum Packed Coffee was first introduced in 1900.

6007. Fact

The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%

6008. Fact

78 rpm albums, used prior to 1948, were only capable of recording for four minutes. It wasn't until later that year that Columbia Records introduced 33 rpm albums capable of playing 23 minutes per side.

6009. Fact

If Texas were a country it's GNP would be fifth largest of any country on earth.

6010. Fact

Happy Birthday was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.

6011. Fact

61% of men surf the internet for porn, and about half of them spend an hour or more per week doing it.

6012. Fact

In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats

6013. Fact

The city of Denver was originally chosen to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but had to withdraw because Colorado voters rejected to finance it

6014. Fact

When the female grasshopper lays eggs, she covers her eggs with a pasty liquid that protects the eggs throughout the winter

6015. Fact

The average elephant weighs less than the average blue whale's tongue

6016. Fact

The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a life time.

6017. Fact

The California redwood coast redwood and giant sequoia are the tallest and largest living organisms in the world.

6018. Fact

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

6019. Fact

Johnson & Johnson created the Band-Aid in 1899 because Robert Wood Johnson attended a lecture concerning the prevention of infection in wounds during surgical operations. The company created the zinc oxide adhesive bandage for surgeons, and launched the consumer version, Band-Aids, in 1921.

6020. Fact

An 'aglet'is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.

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