9484. Fact

A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905. updated

9485. Fact

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider.

9486. Fact

The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee

9487. Fact

In York, Pennsylvania, you can't sit down while watering your lawn with a hose.

9488. Fact

The odds of having quadruplets are 1 in 729,000

9489. Fact

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London

9490. Fact

Female and male black bears cannot tolerate being around each other except when they breed

9491. Fact

The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots.

9492. Fact

The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.

9493. Fact

In the last three centuries, 90% of all people living in the Western world have switched from tea to coffee.

9494. Fact

Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

9495. Fact

Talc was used by cavemen 15,000 years ago as an ingredient added to make paint

9496. Fact

The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.

9497. Fact

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables

9498. Fact

Probably the best known multiple meaning is the hebrew word SHALOM which means, alternately, hello, good-bye, and peace.

9499. Fact

Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

9500. Fact

Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would prove their vitality

9501. Fact

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).

9502. Fact

The world record frog jump is 33 feet 5.5 inches over the course of 3 consecutive leaps, achieved in May 1977 by a South African sharp-nosed frog called Santjie.

9503. Fact

In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home

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