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

6540. Fact

The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as a football field.

6541. Fact

In North Andover, Massachusetts citizens are prohibitied from carrying 'space guns.'

6542. Fact

The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. Since the word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos, which starts with the letter X, they started putting the X in place of Christ and came up with the short form for the word Christmas

6543. Fact

The largest cell in the human body is the female ovum, or egg cell. It is about 1/180 inch in diameter. The smallest cell in the human body is the male sperm. It takes about 175,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single egg cell.

6544. Fact

A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches

6545. Fact

The only food that cockroaches wont eat are Cucumbers.

6546. Fact

There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult

6547. Fact

often mistaken for hunger.

6548. Fact

On average, a person will spend about five years eating during his or her lifetime.

6549. Fact

John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy.

6550. Fact

In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, it is against the law for children under seven years of age to go to college.

6551. Fact

The hair of men's beards are about as strong as copper wire of the same dimensions.

6552. Fact

One in every 9000 people is an albino.

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