9919. Fact

Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

9920. Fact

The Brownie box camera, introduced by Eastman Kodak, sold for $1.00 in 1900. The camera's 6-exposure film sold for 15 cents.

9921. Fact

Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age ofthe Rolling Stones: 50.6.

9922. Fact

Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has

9923. Fact

It takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean

9924. Fact

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

9925. Fact

The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.

9926. Also known as

Original name : edmund spencer
Also known as : poets' poet

9927. Also known as

Original name : erwin rammel
Also known as : desert fax.

9928. Fact

Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.

9929. Fact

Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.

9930. Fact

The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil.

9931. Fact

On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels

9932. Fact

There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.

9933. Fact

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist

9934. Fact

The first series of commemorative stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service depicted Columbus's discovery of America. They were issued in 1893 and available in 16 denominations ranging from one cent to $5.

9935. Fact

If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white

9936. Fact

The Kraft company produces enough Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon

9937. Fact

The desert tortoise can live without having to drink any water. It extracts the water it needs from the vegetation it eats

9938. Fact

Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep

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