7542. Fact

Bubble gum contains rubber.

7543. Fact

The average human has about 20 square feet of skin weighing about 6 pounds

7544. Fact

Eating large amounts of carrots will eventually turn your skin orange because of the chemical substance called carotene which is found in carrots. Carotene is the cause of the orange hue in leaves during the fall.

7545. Fact

Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds

7546. Fact

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

7547. Fact

Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day

7548. Fact

There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world

7549. Fact

The wind must be below one mile an hour in order for the National Weather Service to rate the weather as calm.

7550. Animal Facts

South American cane toads have special glands behind their eyes which ooze poison out of their skin.They can even shoot the poison up to 30 centimetres (nearly a foot) to deter animals that might want to eat them.

7551. Fact

Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid

7552. Fact

A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed

7553. Fact

Australia's Sydney funnel-web spider and Brazil's Wandering spider (also known as the Banana Spider) are among the most Venomous species. Even these bad biters aren't big killers, though. Even before the introduction of anti venom only 1 percent of their bites resulted in death.

7554. Fact

The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

7555. Fact

During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times

7556. Fact

According to the United States Postal Service, each person sent on average 689 letters throughout the year of 1996.

7557. Fact

Whenever people accidentally trip over themselves whilst walking, they automatically go into 'survival mode' and try to pretend like they meant it (eg. they start into a jog). How hilarious is it watching someone do that?!

7558. Fact

A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds

7559. Fact

General Stonewall Jackson has two separate burial sites: one for his amputated left arm (Fredericksburg, VA) and one for the rest of his body (Lexington, VA). Jackson's left arm was shattered during the Battle of Chancellorsville by friendly fire and was amputated the next day. He died a week later. (8-1-02)

7560. Animal Facts

The butcher bird (shrike) impales mice, small birds and lizards onto spikes to hold them still while it eats them.

7561. Fact

John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.

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