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.

6021. Fact

There are no living descendents of William Shakespeare.

6022. Fact

The incidents of immune system diseases has increased over 200% in the last five years

6023. Fact

The Beatles song Dear Prudence was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.

6024. Fact

¥ Pamela Lee-Anderson is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence.

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