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.

7746. Fact

570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House

7747. Fact

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

7748. Fact

During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies.

7749. Animal Facts

Soldier flies like to lay their eggs in human faeces.The larvae (maggots) are often found in bathrooms as they crawl up the sewage pipes.

7750. Fact

In an year, an average American kid eats 46 slices of pizza

7751. Fact

When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone.

History Facts
To make violin strings, the gut of a sheep – which could be 30 metres long (over 98 feet) in length – was removed intact. The blood, flesh and fat were then scraped off the outside, the halfdigested grass was squeezed out and it was washed out carefully. The wider end was used as sausage skins, the rest for violin strings.      .. More >>