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.

7055. Fact

In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a hooked nose.

7056. Fact

In order to mate, a male deep sea anglerfish will bite a female when he finds her. The male will never let go and will eventually merge his body into the female and spend the rest of his life inside the female mate. The males internal organs will disappear apart from the testes that are needed to for breeding

7057. Fact

The CN Tower, in Toronto, is the tallest freestanding structure in the world with a height of about 553 metres

7058. Fact

From 1967-1976, the town of Tororo located in Uganda had thunder 251 out of the 365 days in a year for those years.

7059. Fact

Greenland has more ice on it than Iceland does. In fact, Iceland has more grass and trees than Greenland does.

7060. Fact

Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

7061. Fact

Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978

7062. Fact

The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe.

7063. Animal Facts

The slime eel or hagfish produces slimy mucus from pores in its body. If something disturbs it, it throws out strings of mucus which makes the sea around it jelly-like, gunky and impossible to swim through. They can suffocate on their own slime if they over-do it.

7064. Fact

A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9

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