8486. Fact

Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.

8487. Animal Facts

When a toad is sick, it vomits up its own stomach, which hangs out of its mouth for a short time before it swallows it back down.

8488. Fact

The five most frequently used letters in the English alphabet are, in order, E T A I S.

8489. Fact

Armadillos can be house broken.

8490. Fact

New York City has 570 miles of shoreline.

8491. Fact

Roughly 44% of junk mail is thrown away unopened

8492. Fact

In humans, the epidermal layer of skin, which consists of many layers of skin regenerates every 27 days

8493. Fact

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

8494. Fact

The Beatles were depicted in wax at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London, in 1964, the first pop album stars to be honored.

8495. Fact

The New Zealand Kiwi bird cannot fly

8496. Fact

Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body

8497. Fact

Over 1,600 people in North America have been victims of trunk entrapment (being locked inside of a car trunk)

8498. Fact

Bulls are colorblind, it is the motion of the cape which angers them.

8499. Fact

Putty is a cement compound of fine powdered chalk or oxide of lead mixed with linseed oil.

8500. Fact

Van Camp's Pork and Beans were a staple food for Union soldiers in the Civil War.

8501. Fact

By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours

8502. Animal Facts

A vampire finch in the Galapagos Islands pecks holes in other birds to feed on their blood.

8503. Fact

Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer was actually created as a promotional figure for Montgommery Wards department stores.

8504. Fact

The only painting by Leonardo da Vinci on permanent display in the United States hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. It's a portrait of Ginevra di Benci, the wife of a politician in Florence.

8505. Fact

Before the first French cafe in the late 1700's, coffee was sold by street vendors in Europe, in the Arab fashion. The Arabs were the forerunners of the sidewalk espresso carts of today.

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John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.      .. More >>