6506. Fact

The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is The Jefferson National Expansion Monument. The Gateway Arch looks taller than it is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.

6507. Fact

In 1987 Playtex premiered the first US TV commercials with real lingerie models displaying their bras and underwear on national television.

6508. Fact

At its center, the sun has a density of over a hundred times that of water, and a temperature of 10-20 million degrees Celsius.

6509. Fact

Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world

6510. Fact

Pablo Picasso almost died at birth. The midwife present though he was stillborn and left him on the table. His father, a physician, revived Pablo by breathing air into his lungs.

6511. Fact

On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.

6512. Fact

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night

6513. Fact

52% of Americans drink coffee.

6514. Fact

In Illinois it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream to a customer's face.

6515. Fact

The song Strawberry Fields Forever sung by the Beatles refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool

6516. Fact

Australia has no native monkeys. (in the wild)

6517. Fact

The male scorpion fly gets other males to bring him food by imitating a female fly.

6518. Fact

Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

6519. Fact

Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours

6520. Fact

The lights of Las Vegas at night can be seen from outer space.

6521. Animal Facts

In the time of the dinosaurs, there were giant scorpions nearly a metre (3 feet) long. That's big than the average domestic dog!

6522. Fact

The US national anthem actually has four verses, but everyone just knows the first one. When the whole anthem is sung, the third verse is usually omitted.

6523. Fact

False eyelashes were invented by film director D.W. Griffith while he was making the 1916 epic, Intolerance. He wanted actress Seena Owen to have lashes that brushed her cheeks.

6524. Fact

The act of snapping your fingers has a name: fillip.

6525. Fact

The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people

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