7997. Fact

Parker Brothers was founded by George Swinerton Parker, 18, in 1885. The first game produced was 'Banking,' in which the player who amasses the most wealth is the winner.

7998. Fact

An elephant can live up to the age of seventy, or in some cases even more

7999. Fact

Baseball rules were codified in 1846 by Alexander Cartwright of the Knickerbocker Baseball Club.

8000. Fact

The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass

8001. Fact

The first puck ever used in a professional hockey game was a frozen piece of cow dung.

8002. Fact

In China, fish is eaten more than three times what it is in the United States

8003. Fact

The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919

8004. Fact

The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time

8005. Fact

The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest

8006. Fact

Mosquitoes have teeth

8007. Fact

Bananas aren t fruit. They are a type of herb.

8008. Fact

The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.

8009. Fact

It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copulate

8010. Fact

Natural gas has no smell. The odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify leaks and take measures to stop them.

8011. Fact

By walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven pounds of body fat in an year

8012. Fact

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music

8013. Fact

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

8014. Fact

Certain frogs can reguritate their stomachs, in order to clean them (with their feet)

8015. Fact

Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.

8016. Fact

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket

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