7374. Fact

In Britain, there are approximately 50,000 pubs with 17,000 different names

7375. Fact

The first ever World Summit on Toilets was held in Singapore in November 2001

7376. Fact

In 1657, the first chocolate house was opened in London, England. The cost of chocolate was about 13 shillings per pound and was a drink that only the elite enjoyed

7377. Fact

The lead in a normal pencil would draw a line of 35 miles.

7378. Animal Facts

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out, pushing it out through its mouth opening.

7379. Fact

In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed.

7380. Fact

¥ Every year, the Moon moves a further 3.82cm from the Earth.

7381. Fact

27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is a meaningless existential hell. (big surprise, eh?)

7382. Fact

The sentence the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses every letter in the english language

7383. Fact

Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.

7384. Fact

Male owls weigh less and are smaller than female owls

7385. Fact

According to an age old custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism.

7386. Fact

When Disneyland opened in 1955, Tomorrowland represented a city from 1986.

7387. Fact

Women who are housewives are, as a whole, more faithful than working women.

7388. Fact

The word gargoyle comes down from the Old French: gargouille, meaning throat or gullet. This is also the origin of the word gargle. The word describes the sound produced as water passes the throat and mixes with air. In early architecture, gargoyles were decorative creatures on the drains of cathedrals.

7389. Fact

An adult Gold Frog measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length

7390. Fact

Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.

7391. Fact

The hottest chile in the world is the habanero.

7392. Fact

There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

7393. Fact

One out of every five births in the United States are delivered by Cesarean section

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