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

6526. Fact

In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. updated

6527. Fact

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category

6528. Fact

Atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of the water

6529. Fact

Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.

6530. Fact

The olive branch in the eagle's right talon has 13 leaves.

6531. Fact

On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.

6532. Fact

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases

6533. Fact

In 1975, it cost only $180,000 to produce an hour-long TV drama.

6534. Fact

Running cold water over the onion and the knife will keep you from crying when you cut it, because water neutralizes the chemical that makes you cry.

6535. Fact

The average male loses his virginity at age 16, while the average female loses her virginity at age 17.

6536. Fact

The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965

6537. Fact

It is possible to lead a cow up stairs, but not down.

6538. Fact

When the Pez mint dispenser was first introduced it was meant to replace the activity of smoking

6539. Fact

Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico

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