7078. Fact

Up to three thousand species of trees have been cataloged in square mile of the Amazon jungle.

7079. Fact

The clock at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. will gain or lose only one second every 300 years.

7080. Fact

You can only tell the gender of a Macaw through an operation. They lack exterior genetials.

7081. Fact

Actor Richard Gere was considered to play the role of John McClane in the movie Die Hard. Bruce Willis played the part instead

7082. Fact

In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries

7083. Fact

Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.

7084. Fact

A person uses approximently fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

7085. Fact

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters MT.

7086. Fact

Rats cannot vomit

7087. Fact

A woodchuck only breathes 10 times during hibernation.

7088. Animal Facts

The horned lizard from South America shoots blood out of its eyes when it is attacked. It increases the blood pressure in its sinuses until they explode, spraying blood onto the attacker.

7089. Fact

The banjo is America's only true native musical instrument. It was first developed in the South in the 1790s.

7090. Animal Facts

Scorpions sometimes eat their own babies.

7091. Fact

Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence caused by beans

7092. Fact

Dalmatian puppies do not have any spots on them when they are born. They actually develop them as they get older

7093. Fact

The only President to win a Pulitzer Prize: John Kennedy for Profiles in Courage.

7094. Fact

Approximately 70,000 people in the U.S. are both blind and deaf.

7095. Fact

During World War II, there was not enough sugar in the U.S. to make candy as it was sent to the troops overseas. At this time, popcorn was consumed three times more than its usual amount

7096. Fact

Carbonated soda water was invented in 1767 by Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen.

7097. Fact

The word diamond comes from the Greek word adamas, which means unconquerable.

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When we see stars in the sky, we are not seeing them as they currently are, but how they were the number of light years they are away from Earth.      .. More >>