9995. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.

9996. Fact

Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap

9997. Fact

Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun

9998. Fact

A group of whales is called a pod or gam

9999. Fact

Between 1997-2002, there was an increase of 228% in cosmetic procedures in the United States

10000. Fact

There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit

10001. Fact

The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined

10002. Fact

To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours.

10003. Fact

The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the game show Wheel of Fortune was the letter T.

10004. Fact

More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.

10005. Fact

A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945

10006. Fact

An average city dog lives approximately three years longer than an average country dog

10007. Fact

EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow.

10008. Fact

Platypuses mate in the water

10009. Fact

Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury.

10010. Fact

There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America

10011. Fact

The average human head weighs about eight pounds.

10012. Fact

Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938

10013. Fact

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (OK, so that would be a good thing....)

10014. Fact

You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206. They fuse together such as the parietal, occipital of the skull.

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The oldest works of art are pictures of animals found in caves in Spain and France. They have been dates as far back as 18,000 years ago.      .. More >>