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

7394. Fact

The human face is made up of 14 bones

7395. Fact

Reptiles do not perspire, and do not have any oil glands

7396. Fact

The largest known hailstone to have fallen was in Germany in 1925, which weighed close to four and a half pounds.

7397. Fact

In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art

7398. Fact

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letteris uncopyrightable.

7399. Fact

In 1938, Hewlett-Packard became the first corporation to move to Silicon Valley.

7400. Fact

The Super Bowl is so popular that it is the number on at-home party event of the year

7401. Fact

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

7402. Fact

Asthma and isthmi are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.

7403. Fact

The most disliked vegetable by Americans is Brussels sprouts

7404. Fact

1 kg (2.2 pounds) of lemons contain more sugar than 1 kg of strawberries.

7405. Fact

When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield consumable fruit.

7406. Fact

The first flavour of a cheese ball was called Cheddy Blue.

7407. Fact

Princess Anne from the British royal family competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics

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