7726. Fact

The largest human organ is the liver, which weighs about 55 ounces in a person weighing 150 pounds. By some definitions, the skin is an organ, in which case skin would be the largest organ at 384 ounces.

7727. Fact

If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)

7728. Fact

Before Columbus, Europe had never tasted corn, potatoes, tomatoes, red peppers, sweet potatoes, tapioca, chocolate, pumpkins, squash, coconuts, pineapples, strawberries, and much more. Why? All these food items are native to America.

7729. Fact

The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000

7730. Fact

Seniors who drink a cup of coffee before a memory test score higher than those who drink a cup of decaffeinated coffee

7731. Fact

Conservationalists and Conversationalists (18 letters) are the longest non-scientific transposals (word formed from another by changing its letters).

7732. Fact

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers

7733. Fact

Pineapples are classified as berries.

7734. Fact

If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the current temperature in celcius degrees.

7735. Fact

It is against the law in Oregon to fish with canned corn.

7736. Fact

The largest Great White Shark ever caught measured 37 feet and weighed 24,000 pounds. It was found in a herring weir in New Brunswick in 1930.

7737. Fact

Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together

7738. Fact

According to the International Labor Organization, a member of the labor force is someone between the age of 15 and 64.

7739. Fact

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher

7740. Fact

Whoopi Goldberg s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson.

7741. Fact

Hartford, Connecticut, has made it illegal to educate dogs.

7742. Fact

There was once a law in Salem Virginia that made it illegal to leave home without knowing where you were going.

7743. Fact

George Harrison, with My Sweet Lord, was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's breakup.

7744. Fact

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas

7745. Fact

The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.

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