6740. Fact

Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father's assassination as well as during President Garfield's assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.

6741. Fact

At -40 degrees fahrenheit, a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour breathing.

6742. Fact

There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

6743. Fact

Average number of eggs laid by the female American Oyster per year: 500 million. Usually only one oyster out of the bunch reaches maturity.

6744. Fact

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

6745. Fact

In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts

6746. Fact

An average women has 17 square feet of skin. When a women is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin

6747. Fact

The average human breathes about 700,000 cubic inches of air every day.

6748. Fact

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

6749. Fact

Every workday, 6.7 million people commute to Manhattan.

6750. Fact

As the male proceeds through puberty, the semen develops mature characteristics with increasing quantities of normal sperm.

6751. Fact

The average light bulb can last for about 750 to 1,000 hours.

6752. Fact

The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.

6753. Fact

A comet's tail always points away from the sun.

6754. Fact

The sun's average period of rotation is 27 days.

6755. Fact

A person would have to drink more than 12 cups of hot cocoa to equal the amount of caffeine found in one cup of coffee

6756. Fact

Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

6757. Fact

Every queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned, gone mad, died young, or been dethroned.

6758. Fact

Castaways Travel, a Houston-area travel agency, offers an all-nude flight to Cancun Mexico. Once the plane reaches cruising altitude, you are allowed to take off all your clothes and roam about the cabin

6759. Fact

Heavier lemons contain more and tastier juice

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