8379. Fact

Bourbon was first made by a Baptist minsister from Bourbon County in Kentucky in 1789. That is where it got its name

8380. Fact

There are approximately 13,000 identifiable varieties of roses throughout the world.

8381. Fact

On average it takes a shark seven days to replace a tooth

8382. Fact

Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year.

8383. Fact

The official sport for the State of Maryland is jousting.

8384. Fact

One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.

8385. Fact

A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay

8386. Fact

Until 1967 it wasn't illegal for Olympic athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance during competition.

8387. Fact

The sorcerer's name in Disney's Fantasia is Yensid, which happens to be Disney backwards.

8388. Fact

The first United States president to visit China was Richard Nixon

8389. Fact

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' is the actual name of a village in northern Wales

8390. Fact

The property (ID, Facts) VALUES on the Monopoly game board are the same today as they were in 1935

8391. Fact

Oprah Winfrey was the first black woman to anchor a newscast in Nashville at WTVF-TV

8392. Fact

The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.

8393. Fact

If you need to remember pi, just count the letters in each word of the sentence: May I have a large container of coffee? If you get the coffee and are polite say: Thank you, get two more decimal places. (3.141592653...). Here is another sentance: How I wish I could calculate Pi. (3.141592)

8394. Fact

People of Ancient China believed that swinging your arms could cure a headache

8395. Fact

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you would have produced enough energy to heat a cup of coffee.

8396. Fact

Poop is a verb.

8397. Fact

Termites do more damage in the U.S. ever year than all the fires, storms and earthquakes combined. They do an average of $750 million in damage annually

8398. Fact

Howard Taft was the first president to throw out the first pitch at a MLB game.

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