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.

876. Fact

A mule is the spawn of a donkey and a mare.

877. Fact

Coulfophobia is the technical term for a fear of clowns.

878. Fact

Star trek, the famous tv series, was not a hit when if first started. After only two seasons, the tv network wanted to cancel it.

879. Fact

Wrigley's, the american chewing gum, was the first product in the world with a bar code.

880. Fact

If you suffer from polydactyl, you were born with more than 10 fingers and toes.

881. Fact

The nobel prizewinner marie curie was the first woman allowed to teach at the university of sorbonne in paris.

882. Fact

A lightning bolt will heat up the air around it to about 3,000272c (5432 degrees fahrenheit).

883. Fact

In an earlier version of the script for the film alien, ripley was supposed to be played by a man.

884. Fact

During the first world war, josef stalin got out of serving his military service because of his deformed feet. He had two toes that were grown together.

885. Fact

A dragonfly can fly backwards as fast as it can fly forwards.

886. Fact

The pitohuis, a group of birds in new guinea, have poisonous feathers and skin. When predators catch one of these birds, they instinctively spit it out.

887. Fact

If you love coffee and drink 100 cups in four hours,you will probably die from caffeine poisoning.

888. Fact

Before michael caine and cher changed their names, they answered to maurice micklewhite and cherilyn sarkisian la piere.

889. Fact

Only two of your mouth muscles are required for creating a smile unless you consider the many muscles around your eyes as well.

890. Fact

Men and women button their shirts differently. A practice that comes from olden times when royal men dressed themselves but the women used chambermaids who buttoned their blouses for them from the front.

891. Fact

The language with the greatest number of words is english. It contains more than 455,000 active words and 700,000 dead words.

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The White House, in Washington DC, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. After the War of 1812, during which it had been burned by Canadian troops, the outside walls were painted white to hide the smoke stains.      .. More >>