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.

8231. Fact

WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes.

8232. Fact

On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.

8233. Fact

The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name leathernecks.

8234. Fact

Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.

8235. Fact

The most expensive movie memorabilia ever sold at an auction was Clark Gable's Academy Award for It Happened One Night. It sold for $607,500 on December 15, 1996.

8236. Fact

In Australia, a common Boxing day activity is surfing

8237. Fact

A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed

8238. Fact

Movies approximately make five times more from video sales than ticket sales

8239. Fact

The average life span of an umbrella is under two years.

8240. Fact

Hippos kill more people in Africa when compared to crocodiles.

8241. Fact

Jayne Mansfield decorated her Pink Palace by writing to 1,500 furniture and building suppliers and asking for free samples. She told the donors they could then brag that their goods were in her outlandish mansion. The pitch worked, and Jayne received over $150,000 worth of free merchandise.

8242. Fact

Pepsi originally contained pepsin, (the same stuff in pepcid AC) thus the name

8243. Fact

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar

8244. Fact

Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 180,000 deaths per year

8245. Fact

A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

8246. Fact

The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas

8247. Fact

According to the Population Council, people overwhelmingly tend to marry partners who live near them.

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