7258. Animal Facts

The armadillo produces so much spit that it has a special reservoir to store it in.

7259. Fact

Polar bears with white, fluffy fur actually have black skin

7260. Fact

The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.

7261. Fact

All babies are colour blind when they are born

7262. Fact

The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.

7263. Fact

In Joliet, Illinois it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet.

7264. Fact

The banana tree cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.

7265. Fact

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs inthe air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg inthe air,the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horsehasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

7266. Fact

The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.

7267. Fact

A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon

7268. Fact

The U.S. military s dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine.

7269. Fact

The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries

7270. Fact

About 25% of people in the world report that they are monogamous.

7271. Fact

Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard

7272. Fact

It is estimated that 93% of American children will go out trick or treating for Halloween

7273. Fact

Only one out of every three people wash their hands when leaving a public bathroom

7274. Fact

In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another

7275. Fact

The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger

7276. Fact

In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed

7277. Fact

The earth is 24,901 miles around at the equator.

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