7277. Fact

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

7278. Fact

The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800's.

7279. Fact

Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat

7280. Fact

There are only 14 blimps in the world.

7281. Fact

There are 100 tiles in a "Scrabble" crossword game.

7282. Fact

The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward

7283. Fact

After the sun, the closest star to Earth is 25,000,000,000,000 miles away.

7284. Fact

The calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in Alaska's annual Iditarod race average 10,000.

7285. Fact

In 1747, the first American mention of the Christmas tree occurred. However, it was a not a tree but instead a pyramid made out of wood and decorated with apples and evergreen boughs

7286. Fact

The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker

7287. Fact

Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life

7288. Fact

The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.

7289. Fact

The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults

7290. Fact

The only jointless bone in your body is the hyoid bone in your throat.

7291. Fact

The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon

7292. Fact

If you go blind in one eye, you only lose about 20% of your vision, but all your sense of depth.

7293. Fact

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

7294. Animal Facts

A flea can jump up to 220 times its own body length – a flea the size of an adult human could jump over a 25-storey building and more than a 0.4 kilometre (quarter of a mile) along the ground.

7295. Fact

The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs, covering a meter a second.

7296. Fact

The oldest exposed surface on earth is New Zealand's south island.

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