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.

8141. Fact

Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.

8142. Fact

The average life span of a moose is 15 to 25 years.

8143. Fact

In the original movie 101 Dalmatians, there are exactly 6,469,952 spots on all 101 Dalmatians as they are shown in 113,760 frames of the film combined

8144. Fact

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

8145. Animal Facts

The slime eel or hagfish feeds on dead and dying fish at the bottom of the sea. It goes into its victim through the mouth or eye socket and eats it away from the inside, leaving only a bag of skin and bones.

8146. Fact

Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

8147. Fact

When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas

8148. Fact

In the year 2000, there were approximately 11,000 injuries that were treated in a hospital in the U.S. that resulted from fireworks

8149. Fact

Male feral rabbits urinate on the females to state their ownership.

8150. Fact

There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong. In 1990, the population was only twenty-two people

8151. Fact

The chances for a mother giving birth to quadruplets (four children) are almost 1 in 600,000.

8152. Fact

A man and woman in Mexico city were engaged for 67 yrs and finally married at the age of 82 yrs.

8153. Fact

True spiders always have organs for spinning silk known as spinnerets

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The word trivia comes from the Latin trivium which is the place where three roads meet, a public square. People would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were trivial.      .. More >>