6450. Fact

There is cyanide in apple pips

6451. Fact

The Civil War in the United States elevated the popularity of coffee to new heights. Soldiers went to war with coffee beans as a primary ration.

6452. Fact

False Bay, on the southern tip of Africa and close to Cape Town, South Africa, is a breeding ground for great white sharks, which feed off the thousands of seals in the bay. However, it is the only area in the known world in which these sharks are known to breach - they attack the seals by coming up vertically, often leaping clear of the water with their prey in their mouths

6453. Fact

Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.

6454. Fact

Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

6455. Fact

850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter

6456. Animal Facts

Every year, 4.5 million litres (1 million gallons) of dog urine goes into the parks of London, England.

6457. Fact

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them, burnt their houses down hence the expression to get fired.

6458. Fact

A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet

6459. Fact

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point inColorado.

6460. Fact

Pretzel that have no salt on them are called baldies.

6461. Fact

Cabbage is 91% water.

6462. Fact

The symbol on the 'pound'key (#) is called an octothorpe.

6463. Fact

The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart

6464. Fact

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

6465. Fact

It takes 25 muscles to swallow.

6466. Fact

The Nobel prize was first awarded in 1901

6467. Fact

Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.

6468. Fact

In Canada it's illegal to pay for a 50 cent item with only pennies.

6469. Fact

Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder

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