7615. Animal Facts

The rattle on a rattlesnake's tail is made of rings of dead skin. It builds up as the snake grows older, so the louder the rattle the larger the snake.

7616. Fact

The town of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is closer to the equator than it is to the North Pole.

7617. Fact

In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper

7618. Fact

Of all the days of the week, the most popular day for people to eat ice cream is Sunday

7619. Fact

When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.

7620. Fact

Naturalists use marshmallows to lure alligators out of swamps.

7621. Fact

The average amount of time spent kissing for a person in a lifetime is 20,160 minutes

7622. Fact

The Prudential Life Insurance Company in USA stopped using their slogan Own A Piece Of The Rock after Rock Hudson died of AIDS and many jokes where made about him and the slogan.

7623. Fact

Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well

7624. Fact

When a male skier falls down, he tends to fall on his face. A woman skier tends to fall on her back.

7625. Fact

The dot that appears over the letter i is called a tittle

7626. Fact

In India, a 9-year-old girl was married to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum

7627. Fact

City Ordinance number 352 in Pacific Grove, CA makes it a misdemeanor to kill or threaten a butterfly.

7628. Fact

The movie As Good As It Gets is called Mr. Cat Poop in China.

7629. Fact

In 1968, Abbie Hoffman played with a yo-yo while testifying before a congressional committee. He was found in contempt

7630. Fact

In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl

7631. Fact

Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am

7632. Fact

The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon.

7633. Fact

All pyrimids were bright white.

7634. Fact

Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%

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