8211. Fact

Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked

8212. Animal Facts

Vultures gorging themselves on a carcass sometimes eat so much they can't fly.They then vomit to make themselves lighter.

8213. Fact

David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time. new

8214. Fact

Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.

8215. Fact

A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.

8216. Fact

An adult theater is a movie theater where pornographic films are shown to an adult audience.

8217. Fact

In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air

8218. Fact

By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for seventy-two years

8219. Fact

Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue

8220. Fact

For hundreds of years, the people of Poona, India, have disposed of their dead by carrying the corpses to the top of a tower and letting the vultures eat them.

8221. Fact

In Massachusetts you must have a license to wear a goatee.

8222. Fact

The ancient Egyptians trained baboons to wait on tables.

8223. Fact

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple

8224. Fact

Lovebirds are small parakeets who live in pairs. Male and female lovebirds look alike, but most other male birds have brighter colors than the females.

8225. Fact

The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.

8226. Fact

Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights

8227. Fact

The name Tonka trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means great in Sioux

8228. Fact

The only President to be head of a labor union was Ronald Reagan.

8229. Fact

The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts.

8230. Fact

Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.

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The catgut formerly used as strings in tennis rackets and musical instruments does not come from cats. Catgut actually comes from sheep, hogs, and horses.      .. More >>