799. Fact

R2-d2, the popular robot from the star wars movies, is called c1-p8 in the italian movie versions.

800. Fact

Paul simon and art garfunkel were classmates.

801. Fact

You can't sneeze in your sleep.

802. Fact

The element californium is named after the american state, california.

803. Fact

Dumdum bullets are named after the city where the ammunition is manufactured, dumdum, india.

804. Fact

A sifonaptorologist studies fleas.

805. Fact

The weight of an adult person's skin is about 6.6 pounds.

806. Fact

Tom jones put so much feeling into a song he recorded for the james bond film thunder ball, that he blacked out in the studio.

807. Fact

The first cervical vertebra on humans is called atlas.

808. Fact

Venus, the second planet in our solar system, rotates in the opposite direction of the other eight planets.

809. Fact

In the bahamas there are different classifications for strong winds. One is "the banana wind" - this means the wind is so strong, bananas on the trees fall to the ground.

810. Fact

The "pont neuf" (which translated means "new bridge") is actually the oldest bridge in paris.

811. Fact

A llama can spit 16.5 feet.

812. Fact

A normal human brain contains as many brain cells as there are stars in the milky way; about 100 million.

813. Fact

The threads in nylon stockings are five times thinner than human hair.

814. Fact

There are over 500 recognized phobias. One of the most rare is sciophobia - the fear of shadows.

815. Fact

Germs are very small. One single water droplet can contain up to 50 million germs.

816. Fact

The only visible human muscle is the tongue.

817. Fact

There is a very unusual dialect on new guinea called taki. It only contains 340 words.

818. Fact

During one single soccer match, a professional player can move a distance of 7 miles.

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