7035. Fact

If you traveled the speed of light, it would only take you 0.0000294 seconds to climb Mt. Everest.

7036. Fact

You can usually tell how good the picture of a TV will be by how black the screen is when the TV is off. The blacker, the better.

7037. Fact

Robert William Thomson, a Scottish engineer, invented the first rubber tire in 1845.

7038. Fact

The first US consumer product sold in the Soviet Union was Pepsi-Cola.

7039. Fact

No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses

7040. Fact

In Canada, the most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday

7041. Fact

The windiest place in the world is Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA. The highest wind was on April 12, 1934 when it reached 231 mph.

7042. Fact

Melba toast is named after an Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba

7043. Fact

It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.

7044. Animal Facts

The African clawed toad lays up to 10,000 eggs, but many of its tadpoles are deformed. The parents eat the deformed ones when they hatch.

7045. Fact

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (Makes you think about ambidextrous people) This fact is based on a study that had errors in it, thus it might not be a fact.

7046. Fact

An elephant may consume 500 pounds of hay and 60 gallons of water in a single day.

7047. Fact

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

7048. Fact

There's a town in New Mexico called Pie Town that consists of two restaurants and a post office. It was originally a stopping place along a long stretch of road. It's famous for having good pies!

7049. Fact

Most burglaries occur during the daytime.

7050. Fact

When potatoes were first introduced to Europe, people were skeptical and only ate the leaves, which made them sick. They would then throw away the rest, including the actual spud.

7051. Fact

The U.S. founding fathers'name for the American Revolution was 'The War with Britain'.

7052. Fact

More than 11 million teens regularly view porn online.

7053. Fact

Close to fifty percent of Internet shoppers spend over five hours a week online

7054. Fact

HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids like blood and semen.

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