6858. Animal Facts

Some types of botflies lay their eggs on the abdomen of another blood-sucking insect such as a flea or tick. The eggs hatch while the host feeds the larvae and burrows into the skin of the animal it's sucking on.

6859. Fact

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

6860. Fact

Polyandry is a practice where a woman is married to more than one man at the same time.

6861. Animal Facts

Three-toed sloths move so slowly that algae often grows on their fur.

6862. Fact

In Richmond, Virginia it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.

6863. Fact

Snake venom is ninety percent protein

6864. Fact

Producer Paul Maslansky was on the set of The Right Stuff when a bus from the local police academy rolled up. After a bunch of freaks walked off, a sergeant explained that the mayor had forced the department to loosen its acceptance standards. Not too long afterwards, Police Academy hit the theaters.

6865. Fact

German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him -Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.

6866. Fact

One out of every four people has some sort of pychological 'problem'?

6867. Fact

The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia

6868. Fact

A cockroach can change directions up to 25 times in a second

6869. Fact

Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans.

6870. Fact

A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.

6871. Fact

The 1st live televised murder was in 1963, when Jack Ruby killed JFK's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald while millions of viewers watched.

6872. Fact

Soy crayons have been invented to replace wax crayons and one acre of soybeans can produce over 80,000 crayons

6873. Fact

The last thing Elvis Presley ate before he died was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies

6874. Fact

There are species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish

6875. Fact

It takes about 1.25 seconds for moonlight to reach the Earth.

6876. Fact

Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers

6877. Fact

Emus cannot walk backwards.

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