7897. Fact

There have been 47 Charlie Chan Movies, with six actors playing the part. None were Chinese.

7898. Fact

The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb

7899. Fact

In an episode of the 1962 cartoon The Jestons, Jane Jetson is talking through a video phone. The phone number of The Jetsons was VENUS-1234

7900. Fact

The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound, is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.

7901. Fact

The longest one syllable word in he English language is screeched.

7902. Fact

Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.

7903. Fact

In Paulding, Ohio an officer of the law may bite a dog to quiet him.

7904. Fact

The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240 kilograms).

7905. Fact

During World War II, Russians used dogs strapped with explosives to blow up German tanks. They trained the dogs to associate the tanks with food and ended up destroying about 25 German tanks using this method

7906. Fact

Snake is a delicacy in China

7907. Fact

The average marathon runner's heart beats about 175 times per minute during a race. A typical adult's heart beats 68 times a minute at rest.

7908. Fact

In April 1964, The Beatles had the top five songs in the United States. This is the only time that the top five songs at any one time were by the same group.

7909. Fact

The leading cause of deaths for children between the ages of 1 and 4 are motor vehicle crashes.

7910. Fact

Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human

7911. Fact

Everyday, U.S. business use enough paper to circle the Earth over 20 times

7912. Animal Facts

The Pharaoh ant likes to live in hospitals where it feasts on wounds, bloody bandages and solutions for dripping into patient's bodies.

7913. Animal Facts

A giraffe can lick inside its own ears.

7914. Fact

Studies indicate that weightlifters working out in blue gyms can handle heavier weights

7915. Fact

It is estimated that 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 snowflakes have fallen to the earth since it was formed.

7916. Fact

The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

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