7162. Fact

Ballistics is the science that deals with the motion of projectiles.

7163. Animal Facts

Eye gnats are attracted to the moisture produced by your eyes and nose. In the USA, they are a common nuisance on hot summer evenings. They lay their eggs in rotting vegetable matter or animal faeces.

7164. Fact

The first tattoo machine was invented by Samuel O'Reilly. He did this by using equipment that Thomas Edison used to engrave hard surfaces.

7165. Fact

In Vermont it is illegal to whistle while underwater.

7166. Fact

The hamburger was invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.

7167. Fact

The only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a V-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue between the mandible and the voice box. Its function is to support the tongue and its muscles.

7168. Fact

Five NFL teams have bird nicknames: Arizona Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks.

7169. Fact

The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match

7170. Fact

Virgina Woolf wrote all of her books standing.

7171. Fact

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden .... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

7172. Animal Facts

Termites fart out between 20 and 80 million tons of gas every year (not each, all together).

7173. Fact

When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover

7174. Fact

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds

7175. Fact

The energy of a discharge of an electric eel could start 50 cars.

7176. Fact

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

7177. Fact

The only poisonous birds in the world are the three species of Pitohui. The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea is the most deadliest out of the three

7178. Fact

The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

7179. Fact

The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.

7180. Fact

Bullfrog Dietrich of the Chicago White Sox was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter while wearing eyeglasses. He did it in 1937.

7181. Fact

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

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