6175. Fact

Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles in one day.

6176. Fact

Each year, the average family uses about 18,000 gallons of water just to do its laundry.

6177. Fact

In West Virginia it is illegal to dig for ginseng on your neighbor's lawn without their permission.

6178. Animal Facts

Copepods are tiny crustaceans that swim around in groups of up to a trillion.They are the only known creature that has just one eye.

6179. Fact

Huge Moore, the inventor of Dixie cups got the idea for the name from a neighboring factory, the Dixie Doll Company

6180. Fact

The ocean sunfish can produce thirty million eggs at once

6181. Fact

The word 'Indiana'is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.

6182. Fact

There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.

6183. Fact

The average life span of a mosquito is two weeks

6184. Fact

Since 1950, over 230 million eggs of Silly Putty have been sold

6185. Fact

Jaws is the most common name for a goldfish.

6186. Fact

The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies.

6187. Fact

Every year, surgical tools are left in approximately 1,500 patients in the USA. Fatter patients are more prone to having a surgical tool left inside of them due to the additional amount of space in their bodies

6188. Fact

A Dalmatian is the only dog that can get gout.

6189. Fact

An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler after watching her daughter play with baby dolls imagining then in grown up roles

6190. Fact

Steven Speilberg calls Gweneth Paltrow "Gwynnie the pooh".

6191. Fact

The first losing candidate in a US presidential election was Thomas Jefferson. He lost to John Adams. George Washington had been unopposed.

6192. Fact

Three years after a person quits smoking, there chance of having a heart attack is the same as someone who has never smoked before

6193. Fact

Every year 8,000 people injure themselves while using a tooth pick.

6194. Fact

A cat uses it's whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.

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