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February 17, 2009 11:50 AM EST -- In 1912 there was a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding . . . more
February 16, 2009 12:44 PM EST -- Reindeer like to eat bananas. Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. The Barbie doll . . . more
February 18, 2009 01:12 AM EST -- There is approximately one chicken for every human being in the world. Most collect calls are made on Father's day. The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago . . . more
February 19, 2009 01:27 AM EST -- A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon. It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of . . . more
February 20, 2009 02:08 AM EST --   Only female mosquitos bite, and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color. It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona. There are no clocks . . . more
February 21, 2009 01:38 AM EST -- The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end . . . more
February 22, 2009 12:04 AM EST -- 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared one way or another on television. 70% of all boats sold are used for fishing. Studies have shown that children laugh an average of 300 times/day and adults 17 . . . more
February 22, 2009 01:51 PM EST -- Okay...I found some pretty cool and interesting facts about each president.  Below I listed the most "unique" fact about each of our presidents, as well as the state they were born and . . . more
February 23, 2009 01:16 AM EST -- A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's . . . more
February 24, 2009 02:34 AM EST -- Odds of being killed by lightning? 1 in 2 million Odds of being killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000 (thousand) Odds of being killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2 million Odds . . . more
February 25, 2009 03:34 AM EST -- Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, . . . more
February 26, 2009 02:37 AM EST -- During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side. The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime. Length of beard an average . . . more
February 27, 2009 01:42 AM EST -- Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce’s per capita. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation. When . . . more
February 28, 2009 02:06 AM EST -- The following sentence: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.' Contains the nine . . . more
March 01, 2009 01:45 PM EST -- The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year. The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space. The amount of computer Memory required . . . more
March 02, 2009 12:58 AM EST -- 2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year. If done perfectly, a rubix cube combination can be solved in 17 . . . more
March 03, 2009 04:30 AM EST -- 3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second. There's a systematic lull in conversation every 7 minutes. There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building. . . . more
March 04, 2009 01:03 AM EST -- In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. The crack of a whip is actually a tiny . . . more
March 05, 2009 10:04 AM EST -- The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime. CBS' "60 Minutes" is the only TV show without a theme song/music. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their . . . more
March 06, 2009 12:49 AM EST -- 3.9% of all women do not wear underwear. "Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding."  Title . . . more
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