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.

6553. Fact

The average adult guinea pig weighs 2 pounds.

6554. Fact

Saffron, made from the dried stamens of cultivated crocus flowers, is the most expensive cooking spice.

6555. Fact

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

6556. Fact

If you spray an antiseptic spray on a polar bear, its fur will turn purple

6557. Fact

Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of women's feet.

6558. Fact

The numbers 111 222 333 444 555 666 777 888 999 are all multiples of 37.

6559. Fact

Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger, a Frenchman, was killed.

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