7828. Fact

India has a Bill of Rights for cows

7829. Fact

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in World War II. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

7830. Fact

An average American eats approximately 60 hot dogs per year

7831. Fact

The infamous Red Baron was German World War I pilot Manfred von Richthofen.

7832. Fact

Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I

7833. Fact

Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one).

7834. Animal Facts

A lamprey is like an eel but has no jaws. Instead, it has a sucker-like mouth with rows of teeth. It attaches itself to a fish, digs itself in and then sucks all the fluids out of the fish, eventually killing it.

7835. Fact

One out of five people that eat ice cream binge on ice cream in the middle of the night. The person is usually between 18 - 24 years old

7836. Fact

Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient

7837. Fact

At 840,000 square miles, Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is three times the size of Texas. By comparison, Iceland is only 39,800 square miles.

7838. Fact

Dynamite contains peanuts.

7839. Fact

Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996

7840. Fact

Speak of the Devil is short for Speak of the Devil and he shall come. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say Speak of the Devil.

7841. Fact

If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion.

7842. Fact

A chicken who just lost its head can run the length of a football field before dropping dead.

7843. Fact

Clinophobia is the fear of beds.

7844. Fact

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.

7845. Fact

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show Scooby-Doo. Casey Kasem, being a strict vegetarian, also requested that Shaggy follow the same diet on the show

7846. Fact

The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella

7847. Fact

It's believed that India gets its name from the Indus River. The interesting thing is that none of the river is actually in India...it's in Pakistan.

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