617. Fact

When flying domestically within the usa, statistically you must fly everyday for 19,000 years before having an accident.

618. Fact

It's more straining for the vocal chords to whisper than to speak in a normal voice.

619. Fact

The trans-siberian railway is a 5,778-mile long route through russia, from moscow to vladivostok. Earlier travellers had to take this journey by boat across lake baikal. A one-way trip on the trans-siberian railway takes 7 long days.

620. Fact

In 1964, the first laser was reproduced on film in goldfinger.

621. Fact

In 1969, apollo 1 took the first man to the moon. Its steering system was less advanced than computers and calculators are today.

622. Fact

David prowse did not know that fellow actor james earl jones was giving his voice to prowse's character, darth vader, in the movie star wars. He first noticed while watching the premiere.

623. Fact

Sweden's globen arena, built in stockholm between 1986 and 1988, is the largest spherical building in the world.

624. Fact

A recently discovered species of ants has been named after harrison ford. The species is called peidole harrisonfordi.

625. Fact

If you don't cover your mouth while sneezing, 20,000 small droplets of saliva can forcefully project from your mouth up to 13-feet away.

626. Fact

You will never find seeds in clementines but you will find them in mandarines, the original fruit. The seed-free variety was named after its creator, the french priest clement, who developed it around 1900.

627. Fact

The thighbone and shinbone can be exposed to a vertical pressure up to 2,200 pounds, without breaking - the weight of an average car.

628. Fact

During an average lifetime of 70 years you will breath 600 million times, feel 125 million heart beats, and your eyes will blink 350 million times.

629. Fact

The daily production of gases in your large intestine measures 2 to 2.5 gallons. You will emit about 0.2 gallons of this while your intestinal wall absorbs the rest.

630. Fact

The guinness book of records claims that "my name is bond, james bond" is the most famous movie line in the world.

631. Fact

The germans unmasked several american spies during the second world war by studying how they ate. The americans cut their steaks in smaller pieces before they ate them.

632. Fact

The largest kidney stone in the history of medicine weighed 14 pounds.

633. Fact

The smallest bird in the world is the 2.3-inch hummingbird. It counteracts the forces of gravity by flapping its wings over 200 times per second.

634. Fact

Between the years of 1788 and 1868, great britain deported 155,000 prisoners to their colony australia.

635. Fact

If the earth was absolutely smooth and flat, it would be covered with a layer of water 500-feet deep.

636. Fact

In the popular bond film from russia with love, author ian flemming made a cameo appearance in one of the scenes as a man taking a leisurely walk.

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