8283. Fact

France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.

8284. Fact

C3P0 is the first character to speak in Star Wars.

8285. Fact

The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases

8286. Fact

The game Monopoly has been played by approximately 500 million people in the world, and the game is available in 26 languages

8287. Fact

It has 51 meanings as a noun, 126 meanings as a verb, and 10 meanings as a participle adjective.

8288. Fact

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross

8289. Fact

There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.

8290. Fact

Urban birds have developed a short, fast rap style of singing, different from their rural counterparts.

8291. Fact

The words abstemioius, and facetious both have all the five vowels in them in order

8292. Fact

The most common speed limit sign in the United States is 25 m.p.h.

8293. Fact

The first jigsaw puzzle was created by map maker John Splisbury who mounted one of his maps on a sheet of hardwood. He proceeded to cut around the borders of each country use a fine saw

8294. Animal Facts

Body lice love dirty places – they were very common in the old days when people didn't wash much, and they often infested soldiers who had to live in dirty conditions. They are most likely to live on your tummy or your bottom.

8295. Fact

The more a person struggles to get out of quicksand the faster they will sink. Staying still, and being calm will actually make the body float in the quicksand because the body is less dense than the quicksand is

8296. Fact

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know.)

8297. Fact

There have been over fifty million Mr. Potato Heads sold since it came out in 1952

8298. Fact

Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets. Although it has a circumference of 280,000 miles compared with Earth's 25,000 Jupiter manages to make one turn in 9 hours and 55 minutes.

8299. Fact

Proctor & Gamble originally manufactured candles before moving on to soap.

8300. Fact

In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath

8301. Fact

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed for marketing reasons.

8302. Fact

On average, Americans eat one hundred acres of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second

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