8121. Fact

A fly always jumps backwards for a quick getaway when you try to hit it.

8122. Fact

Wesley Snipes installed public telephones while struggling to become an actor in New York.

8123. Fact

It is Texas law when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

8124. Fact

The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old

8125. Fact

It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.

8126. Fact

The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C

8127. Fact

Including the 2000 World Series, there have been only three meetings between teams from the same city: 1906 (Cubs vs. White Sox), 1944 (Cardinals vs. Browns) and 2000 (Mets vs. Yankees).

8128. Fact

IT............. Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

8129. Fact

The only president buried on the grounds of a state capitol: James Polk in Nashville, Tenn.

8130. Fact

Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.

8131. Fact

The snail mates only once in it's entire life.

8132. Fact

In Colorado, there are about 83,000 dairy cows

8133. Fact

From all the states, Montana has the most different species of animals

8134. Fact

A kangaroo can't jump unless it's tail is touching the ground.

8135. Fact

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, Gadsby, which contains over 50,000 words, not a single word contained the letter E.

8136. Fact

The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about 400 years

8137. Fact

The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.

8138. Fact

On its trip around the sun, the earth travels over a million and a half miles per day.

8139. Fact

There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.

8140. Fact

Although not named in the New Testament, tradition names the two thieves crucified at the same time as Jesus as Dismas and Gestas.

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Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. It's just 0.17 square miles. Monaco is the second smallest at 0.7 square miles.      .. More >>