8016. Fact

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

8017. Fact

Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence

8018. Fact

The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water

8019. Fact

Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars

8020. Fact

Las Vegas means The Meadows in Spanish.

8021. Animal Facts

Bird parents eat food for their babies, fly back to the nest and vomit up the meal into the babies' open beaks.

8022. Fact

Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away

8023. Fact

A soccer ball has 32 panels.

8024. Fact

According to Scandinavian folklore, trolls only come out at night because sunlight would turn them to stone.

8025. Fact

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China

8026. Fact

There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.

8027. Fact

Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl, Let the real thingsit for one hour, then flush clean

8028. Fact

Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States

8029. Fact

The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years (1337 to 1453).

8030. Fact

Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner

8031. Fact

In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub

8032. Fact

Three million people in the United States have an impairment of the back or limbs that is a direct result of an accidental fall.

8033. Fact

In a recent survey in Japan, instant noodles were chosen as the greatest invention of all time

8034. Fact

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

8035. Animal Facts

When the necrophorus beetle finds a small dead animal, it pushes it into a suitable place, takes some of its fur to make a nest and lays its eggs near the body. When the eggs hatch into maggots, they feed on the dead body.

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