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.

7848. Fact

The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.

7849. Fact

The San Diego Zoo in California has the largest collection of animals in the world.

7850. Animal Facts

A chicken once lived ten days after a French farmer cut its head off. He fed it with a dripper, directly into its throat.

7851. Fact

Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics

7852. Fact

The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday

7853. Fact

In 1894, the carnival made its debut in North America

7854. Fact

The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515.

7855. Fact

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible: 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament.

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