856. Fact

The tallest picasso statue in the world can be found in kristinehamn, sweden.

857. Fact

The quartz crystal in a digital watch vibrates 32,768 times every second.

858. Fact

Steven spielberg didn't accept any money for the film schindler's list. He felt it would be blood money.

859. Fact

The seven beams in the crown of the statue of liberty represent the seven seas and seven continents.

860. Fact

Money contains cotton as well as paper. That's why it can survive a tumble through the washing machine.

861. Fact

Sharks are the only fish that can blink both eyes simultaneously.

862. Fact

A shark's skeleton is not made of bone like other fish and vertebrates. Instead, it is made-up of cartilage.

863. Fact

The actor dolph lundgren has a university degree from the royal technical university of stockholm.

864. Fact

The tutsis in congo, africa, are the tallest people in the world. Many are 7 feet tall. They live next to the pygmies who are the shortest people in the world.

865. Fact

Rhinoceros' horns are made up of compressed hair.

866. Fact

Originally, coca-cola was sold as a prescription to cure melancholy, hysteria and migraines.

867. Fact

The soho area of new york city is named soho because it is located south of houston street.

868. Fact

The national anthem of greece contains 158 verses.

869. Fact

The pig is the only animal that, like humans, can get a suntan.

870. Fact

The world's longest city name has 167 characters. Krungthepmahanakornamornrattanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnoparatrjathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkatattiyavisanukamprasit. It translates into: the great city of angels, the supreme unconquerable land of the great immortal divinity, the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city, with plenty of grand royal palaces, and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity, given by indra and created by the god of crafting. It is known to the rest of the world as bangkok, thailand.

871. Fact

Bruce willis is left-handed. To get a better camera angle, in the film sixth sense, he wrote with his right hand in one scene.

872. Fact

Grampus, a playful, black and white dolphin, can live to the ripe old age of 80 to 90 years.

873. Fact

It takes 240 million years for our solar system to travel around the center of our galaxy, the milky way. This is known as a cosmic year.

874. Fact

Some of the larger battle scenes in the film braveheart had to be done twice, because many people with walk-on parts could be seen wearing watches and sunglasses.

875. Fact

Antoine saint-exupry, the french author who wrote the little prince, died when his small plane crashed on july 31, 1944. Why the plane crashed is still unknown.

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