6058. Animal Facts

Sharks don't have a urinary tract so their urine leaks out of their skin.

6059. Fact

The average capacity of a pelican's pouch is 12 quarts.

6060. Fact

Your body releases growth hormones when you sleep.

6061. Fact

December 1972 U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to set foot on the moon.

6062. Fact

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

6063. Fact

¥ About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second, and the same number are born each second.

6064. Fact

Turkeys drown in the rain.

6065. Fact

At one time, there was a law in India that forbade lower-caste people from casting their shadows on a member of the Brahman (the upper class).

6066. Fact

The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry

6067. Fact

Humphrey O'Sullivan invented the rubber heel because he was tired of pounding the pavements of Boston looking for a job.

6068. Fact

In Tennessee it is illegal to use a lasso to catch fish.

6069. Fact

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month. Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch

6070. Fact

¥ Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

6071. Fact

The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.

6072. Fact

It is estimated that over fifty-four million people died in World War II, which was the bloodiest war in history

6073. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

6074. Fact

Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do

6075. Fact

Witchcraft was first legalized in the colony of Pennsylvania.

6076. Fact

Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.

6077. Fact

Southbridge, Massachusetts, makes it illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.

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