6379. Fact

Kissing is good for your teeth; the extra saliva released during kissing helps to keep the mouth clean and reduces the risk of decay.

6380. Animal Facts

Salamander larvae change form, becoming killer predators, if they sense the vibrations created in water by swimming tadpoles. They grow longer, stronger bodies and broader heads so that they can kill and eat the tadpoles.

6381. Fact

Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat chocolate or do not eat chocolate at all

6382. Fact

The strongest gust of wind was recorded at the Mount Washington Observatory on April 12th, 1934, and measured 231 miles per hour.

6383. Fact

It can take up to a month for a rattlesnake to re-supply its venom

6384. Fact

Alaska's borders make it the farthest state east, west and north. Its Aleutian Islands extends across the 180th meridian, which puts the islands chain's end in the eastern hemisphere.

6385. Fact

Black lemurs are the only primates that can have blue eyes.

6386. Fact

The military salute originated during the medieval times. Knights in armor used to raise their visors to reveal their identity, and the motion later evolved into the modern-day salute.

6387. Animal Facts

A planarian worm will regrow its other half if cut in two. If two planarians are cut in half, they can be mixed up and re-attach to the wrong half.

6388. Fact

85,000,000 tons of paper are used in the United States each year.

6389. Fact

Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years

6390. Fact

One of the many Tarzans, Karmuala Searlel, was mauled to death by a raging elephant on set.

6391. Fact

The Chinese, during the reign of Kublai Khan, used lions on hunting expeditions. They trained the big cats to pursue and drag down massive animals from wild bulls to bears and to stay with the kill until the hunter arrived.

6392. Fact

Brazil accounts for almost 1/3 of the world's coffee production, producing over 3-1/3 billion pounds of coffee each year.

6393. Fact

Everest is not the tallest mountain. Mauna Kea Mountain in the Hawaiian Island is 230m taller. It is 4201m above water and 4877 underwater! Everest is only 8848m.

6394. Fact

The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. Conceived as a real estate ad, it originally read Hollywoodland. The sign stands 50 feet tall, stretches 450 feet across, weighs 450,000 pounds.

6395. Fact

In 1789, Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States.

6396. Fact

Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999)

6397. Fact

Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking

6398. Fact

Two out of five people end up marrying their first love

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The word gargoyle comes down from the Old French: gargouille, meaning throat or gullet. This is also the origin of the word gargle. The word describes the sound produced as water passes the throat and mixes with air. In early architecture, gargoyles were decorative creatures on the drains of cathedrals.      .. More >>