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.

6235. Fact

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

6236. Fact

The name Muppet was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word marionette and puppet.

6237. Fact

A salmon with two mouths, two sets of teeth and two tongues was caught by Bob Bateman of Canada

6238. Fact

Play-Doh was introduced in 1956 by Hasbro Inc. The only color availabe was an off white, and it came in one size which a one and a half pound can

6239. Fact

For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.

6240. Fact

Cashew nuts contain oil in the shell that is very irritating to the skin

6241. Animal Facts

The leopard seal sometimes attacks people, lunging up through the ice to snap at their feet.

6242. Fact

47% of men report that a woman's intelligence is a big turn on.

6243. Fact

Hummingbirds are the smallest birds. They are so tiny that one of their enemies is an insect, the praying mantis.

6244. Fact

In Washington, anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission to throw a tear gas canister.

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