7339. Fact

A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

7340. Fact

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

7341. Fact

Nearly 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home.

7342. Fact

The estimated number of M&M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000.

7343. Fact

There is a street in Canada that runs for a distance of nearly 1900 kms.

7344. Fact

¥ The cockroach dies from radiation and would not survive a nuclear war.

7345. Fact

The fuzz on a tennis ball is intentionally included as a way to give the ball some definite action when it hits the court. It also slows the flight of the ball through the air.

7346. Fact

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, THEREIN: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

7347. Fact

The human heart beats over 100,000 times a day

7348. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

7349. Fact

If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back.

7350. Fact

Wheat is the world's most widely cultivated plant; grown on every continent except Antarctica.

7351. Fact

If you travel across the former Soviet Union you will cross seven time zones.

7352. Fact

In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan

7353. Fact

Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls

7354. Fact

The the oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.

7355. Fact

Hamsters blink one eye at a time.

7356. Fact

The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

7357. Fact

Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years

7358. Fact

Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.

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