6215. Fact

Touching and stroking a plant will aid in it growing healthy

6216. Fact

One 75-watt light bulb gives off more light than three 25-watt light bulbs.

6217. Fact

In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.

6218. Fact

You can sometimes tell the hobbies and race of a person by their skeleton.

6219. Fact

In Hood River, Oregon, you can't juggle without a license.

6220. Fact

The only animals that are capable of turning their heads 180 degrees are from the genus Galago, such as the Tarsier

6221. Fact

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a huntinglicense.

6222. Fact

48% of astronauts experience motion sickness.

6223. Fact

In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the rate would be. This technique was referred to as candling

6224. Fact

Brabara Cartland is the world's top-selling author with over 500 million copies sold.

6225. Animal Facts

The carpet viper kills more people in the world than any other type of snake. Its bite leads to uncontrollable bleeding.

6226. Fact

Average calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska's annual Iditarod race: 10,000.

6227. Fact

Chocolate maker Cadbury uses more than sixty thousand tonnes of cocoa each year, in the United Kingdom alone

6228. Fact

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

6229. Fact

Birds are largely unaffected by spicy things, like chilies, as they are not sensitive to capsaicin, the hot stuff in chilies.

6230. Fact

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

6231. Fact

The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

6232. Fact

Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.

6233. Fact

Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.

6234. Fact

The Great Lakes contain 6 quadrillion gallons of fresh water, one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.

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