7408. Fact

In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

7409. Fact

About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.

7410. Fact

Forty-one percent of women apply body and hand moisturizer at least three times a day

7411. Fact

Minnesotans are forbaden from teasing skunks.

7412. Fact

In a day the blue whale calf drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk

7413. Fact

The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames

7414. Fact

If you had 15 cubes numbered 1 to 15 and you tried to line them up in every possible sequence, and if you made a change every minute, it would take you 2,487,996 years to do it.

7415. Fact

New York City's administrative code still requires that hitching posts be located in front of City Hall so that reporters can tie their horses.

7416. Fact

More steel in the US is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.

7417. Fact

Water-based mammals like dolphins and whales swish their tails up and down. Only fish move them sideways.

7418. Animal Facts

Inuit people have to cover all exposed skin with a thick layer of mud to avoid fierce biting flies in the summer.

7419. Fact

During World War II, IBM built counting machines the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.

7420. Fact

Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.

7421. Fact

In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed)

7422. Fact

Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.

7423. Animal Facts

Flies have 1,500 tiny taste hairs on their feet so that they can taste what they are standing on.

7424. Fact

The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly'is made from dried beetle remains.

7425. Fact

When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear

7426. Fact

On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.

7427. Fact

A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes

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