6560. Fact

Olives, which grow on trees, were first cultivated 5,000 years ago in Syria

6561. Fact

In the 1800s, the Chinese believed that strangling a man was less sever a punishment than beheading because the body would not be permanently disfigured.

6562. Fact

The name Snickers for the popular candy bar was named after a horse that the Mars family owned

6563. Fact

The first museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum

6564. Fact

Researchers have discovered that women adjust their menstrual cycles when exposed to the scent of a male underarm.

6565. Fact

Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do

6566. Fact

Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts.

6567. Animal Facts

A shark can taste blood over a kilometre (about half a mile) away.

6568. Fact

There are more than 250,000 rivers in the United States, which amounts to 3.5 million miles of rivers

6569. Fact

The flag of the Philippines is the only national flag that is flown differently during times of peace or war. A portion of the flag is blue, while the other is red. The blue portion is flown on top in time of peace and the red portion is flown in war time.

6570. Fact

Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one hour

6571. Fact

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue.

6572. Animal Facts

A mosquito can drink one and a half times its own weight in blood at a single meal.Yuk!

6573. Fact

In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12.

6574. Fact

The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School

6575. Fact

There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce

6576. Fact

Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.

6577. Fact

A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a palindrome.

6578. Animal Facts

Bone-eating zombie worms live on the decaying bodies of dead whales. They have no gut, but bore deeply into the bones. Microbes inside the worms digest chemicals sucked out of the bones.

6579. Fact

Only 15% of men shave their privates.

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