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

8199. Fact

Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit.

8200. Fact

On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime

8201. Fact

A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

8202. Fact

Marilyn Monroe had six toes

8203. Fact

No one knows why there is a 33 on a Rolling Rock bottle... the secret died with the original brewer.

8204. Fact

There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

8205. Fact

Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot

8206. Fact

A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue

8207. Fact

The biggest candy eaters are the Dutch, who average 65 pounds of candy per person in a year

8208. Fact

The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team

8209. Fact

Studies show that 81% of men began masturbating between the ages of 10 and 15.

8210. Fact

Young people aged 15-24 accounted for 40% of the 4.1 million new HIV infections in 2005.

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