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.

637. Fact

Rubber bands last longer if kept cold.

638. Fact

The first deportation to siberia in russia was not a human but a symbol - the city bell of uglich. In 1591, the son of the tsar was murdered and angry citizens rang the quarter ton bell in protest. As punishment and a demonstration of power, these agitators were beaten and their tongues were cut off. The bell was also hammered and its clapper was pulled away from its hold. As a final display, the bell was deported to siberia to be silenced forever.

639. Fact

Idling boat engines have acoustical characteristics reminiscent of grey whales singing. In mexico, fisherman have problems with whales rubbing their backs against their fishing vessels.

640. Fact

Don't try this - if you take a very sharp pencil, dip the very tip in nicotine and push this through your skin, you will die immediately.

641. Fact

Just before you freeze to death, your body's sense of temperature breaks down and makes a person feel like he or she is on fire. This is why some people, found dead in the wintertime, are undressed.

642. Fact

Some octopuses live in such deep water, that it is completely dark all the time. Here it is useless for them to squirt black ink at their enemies to confuse them. Instead, the octopuses emit a cloud of luminous germs that blind their predators.

643. Fact

Marilyn monroe had six toes on her left foot.

644. Fact

The white half-moon shape found at the base of a finger nail is a small, air-filled pocket.

645. Fact

If you took all the wheat that is consumed around the world during a year and baked a loaf of bread from it, that loaf would be about 13-feet wide and 6.5-feet high and long enough to go around the earth once.

646. Fact

Once upon a time, disney's cartoon character, donald duck, was banned in finland because he didn't wear pants.

647. Fact

Lego was invented in 1949. The name comes from the danish words "leg", meaning play and "godt" meaning good.

648. Fact

The state of new jersey, usa provides two-thirds of the world's total production of eggplant.

649. Fact

The philosopher, ren descartes, who considered himself to be the inventor of the first philosophical principle - cogito ergo sum (i think, therefore, i am), - died while visiting queen kristina in 1649. The castle was very cold and descartes suffered from pneumonia, which killed him.

650. Fact

There are more chickens than humans on our planet.

651. Fact

The spanish fly is the world's most famous bug. Some believe it has aphrodisiac properties. One thing is for certain: dried and powdered, spanish flies make a potent poison and many have died from it. The last known case was in the 1960's.

652. Fact

Al capone's business card said that he was a used furniture salesman.

653. Fact

A goldfish has a memory that lasts only three seconds.

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