8179. Fact

The channel between England and France grows 300mm each year.

8180. Animal Facts

Vampire bats urinate the whole time they're sucking blood. This ensures they don't get so full of blood they're too heavy to fly. So, smarter than a vulture, then!

8181. Fact

Worms reportedly taste like bacon.

8182. Fact

In the US, federal law states that children's TV shows may contain only 10 minutes of advertising per hour and on weekends the limit is 10 and one-half minutes.

8183. Fact

If the average person had started counting the moment they were born and continued counting, without stopping, until they turned 65 years old, they still would not have counted to a billion.

8184. Fact

In Kentucky you need a license to walk around nude on your property.

8185. Fact

Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

8186. Fact

Over 100,000 birds and sea animals are killed every year due to plastic garbage

8187. Fact

People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing kidney stones

8188. Fact

Jaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing.

8189. Fact

Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.

8190. Fact

In 1962, the Mashed Potato, the Loco-Motion, the Frug, the Monkey, and the Funky Chicken were popular dances.

8191. Fact

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yorewhen the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on theground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

8192. Animal Facts

A dustbin can produce 30,000 flies a week from eggs laid in the rotting rubbish it contains.

8193. Fact

The watch was invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremberg in 1510.

8194. Fact

The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4'9.

8195. Fact

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired".

8196. Fact

Scarecrows frighten birds because of the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. Come rain and wind, this odor dissapears.

8197. Fact

The word America comes from the European explorer Amerigo Vespucci

8198. Fact

The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones

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