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Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buying back the bonds on which they are based.
Ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.
In 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff successfully grafted monkey testicles onto human males. Share odd facts on FactPark.com.
In Elizabethan slang, the term "to die" meant to have an orgasm.
Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute.
In the 19th century, the British Navy attempted to dispel the superstition that Friday was an unlucky day to embark on a ship. The Keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named HMS Friday, commanded by a Captain Friday, and finally went to sea on a Friday. Neither the ship nor her crew were ever heard of again.
A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about 10.
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off. It will die eventually from starvation.
The official name for homosexuals in China is "Tong Xing Lian".
During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
Madam Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
Behram holds the record for most murders by a single individual.
7 out of 10 people believe in life after death in the world.
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
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World's smartest dogs are border collie; poodle; and golden retriever.
Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water. Share your odd facts on Factpark.com.
Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
Christopher Michael Langan (born c. 1952) is an American autodidact whose IQ was reported to have been measured at between 195 and 210.
Mariusz Pudzianowski is a strongman competitor. He has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other strongman competitor, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time.
The world's smallest state, the Vatican city is 0.2 square miles and has a population of 770. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica is the spiritual center for the world's Roman Catholics. The Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
The tallest man-made structure is Burj Dubai, a skyscraper under construction in Dubai that reached 818 m (2,684 ft) in height on 17 January 2009.
Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buying back the bonds on which they are based.
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An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old.
What fruit has the highest calories? Avocados. They have the highest calories, at 167 calories per hundred grams.
Mariusz Pudzianowski is a strongman competitor. He has won more World's Strongest Man titles than any other strongman competitor, winning the event in 2008 for the fifth time.
The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes. Share random facts, interesting facts, and amusing facts about people, science, places, and animals on FactPark.com.
The number of people alive on earth right now is larger than the total number of all the people that have lived and died.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about 10.
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