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'use strict'; Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', { value: true }); const snappleFacts = [ { number: 1, fact: "A goldfish's attention span is three seconds.", }, { number: 2, fact: "Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.", }, { number: 3, fact: 'Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes under water.', }, { number: 4, fact: 'Slugs have four noses.', }, { number: 5, fact: 'Camels have three eyelids.', }, { number: 6, fact: 'A honey bee can fly at 15mph.', }, { number: 7, fact: 'A queen bee can lay 800-1,500 eggs per day.', }, { number: 8, fact: 'A bee has five eyelids.', }, { number: 9, fact: 'The average speed of a housefly is 4.5 mph.', }, { number: 10, fact: 'Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.', }, { number: 11, fact: 'Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp.', }, { number: 12, fact: 'Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backward.', }, { number: 13, fact: 'Cats have over 100 vocal cords.', }, { number: 14, fact: "Camel's milk does not curdle.", }, { number: 15, fact: 'All porcupines float in water.', }, { number: 16, fact: "The world's termites outweigh the world's humans about 10 to 1.", }, { number: 17, fact: 'A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.', }, { number: 18, fact: 'A jellyfish is approximately 95% water.', }, { number: 19, fact: 'Children tend to grow faster in the spring.', }, { number: 20, fact: 'Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower.', }, { number: 21, fact: 'Peaches are members of the almond family.', }, { number: 22, fact: 'Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.', }, { number: 23, fact: 'The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monument.', }, { number: 24, fact: 'The state of Maine has 62 lighthouses.', }, { number: 25, fact: 'The only food that does not spoil is honey.', }, { number: 26, fact: 'The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.', }, { number: 27, fact: 'A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.', }, { number: 28, fact: 'Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying.', }, { number: 29, fact: 'On average a human being will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime.', }, { number: 30, fact: 'Fish have eyelids.', }, { number: 31, fact: 'The average human eats 8 spiders in his/her lifetime while sleeping.', }, { number: 32, fact: 'There are one million ants to every human in the world.', }, { number: 33, fact: 'Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music!', }, { number: 34, fact: 'If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white.', }, { number: 35, fact: 'Elephants only sleep two hours a day.', }, { number: 36, fact: "A duck's quack doesn't echo.", }, { number: 37, fact: 'A snail breathes through its foot.', }, { number: 38, fact: 'Fish cough.', }, { number: 39, fact: "An ant's sense of smell is stronger than a dog's.", }, { number: 40, fact: 'It is possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down.', }, { number: 41, fact: 'Shrimp can only swim backward.', }, { number: 42, fact: 'Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open.', }, { number: 43, fact: "A cat's lower jaw cannot move sideways.", }, { number: 44, fact: 'The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.', }, { number: 45, fact: 'Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles per day.', }, { number: 46, fact: "Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.", }, { number: 47, fact: 'Giraffes have no vocal cords.', }, { number: 48, fact: 'Cats can hear ultrasound.', }, { number: 49, fact: 'Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine.', }, { number: 50, fact: 'Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.', }, { number: 51, fact: 'There are 63,360 inches in a mile.', }, { number: 52, fact: 'About 11% of the people in the world are left-handed.', }, { number: 53, fact: 'The average woman consumes six pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.', }, { number: 54, fact: 'The average smell weighs 760 nanograms.', }, { number: 55, fact: 'A human brain weighs about three pounds.', }, { number: 56, fact: '1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet.', }, { number: 57, fact: 'You blink over 10,000,000 times a year.', }, { number: 58, fact: 'A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles an hour.', }, { number: 59, fact: 'Brain waves can be used to power an electric train.', }, { number: 60, fact: 'The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.', }, { number: 61, fact: 'Pigs can get sunburn.', }, { number: 62, fact: 'The life span of a taste bud is about ten days.', }, { number: 63, fact: 'The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.', }, { number: 64, fact: 'Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.', }, { number: 65, fact: 'A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion math calculations.', }, { number: 66, fact: 'Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza a day.', }, { number: 67, fact: 'There are 18 different animal shapes in the animal cracker zoo.', }, { number: 68, fact: 'The longest one-syllable word is "screeched."', }, { number: 69, fact: 'No word in the English language rhymes with month.', }, { number: 70, fact: 'Caller ID is illegal in California.', }, { number: 71, fact: 'There is a town called "Big Ugly" in West Virginia.', }, { number: 72, fact: 'The average person uses 150 gallons of water per day for personal use.', }, { number: 73, fact: 'The average person spends 2 weeks over his/her lifetime waiting for a traffic light to change.', }, { number: 74, fact: 'You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.', }, { number: 75, fact: 'The average person makes 1,140 phone calls per year.', }, { number: 76, fact: 'The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.', }, { number: 77, fact: 'No piece of paper can be folded more than seven times.', }, { number: 78, fact: 'Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S.', }, { number: 79, fact: 'There are 119 grooves on the edge of a quarter.', }, { number: 80, fact: 'About 18 percent of animal owners share their bed with their pet.', }, { number: 81, fact: 'Alaska has more caribou than people.', }, { number: 82, fact: 'August has the highest percentage of births.', }, { number: 83, fact: 'Googol is a number (1 followed by 100 zeros).', }, { number: 84, fact: 'Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.', }, { number: 85, fact: 'The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.', }, { number: 86, fact: 'Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.', }, { number: 87, fact: 'A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance.', }, { number: 88, fact: 'A ten gallon hat holds less than one gallon of liquid.', }, { number: 89, fact: 'The average American walks 18,000 steps a day.', }, { number: 90, fact: 'The average raindrop falls at seven mph.', }, { number: 91, fact: 'There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.', }, { number: 92, fact: 'Fish can drown.', }, { number: 93, fact: 'A kangaroo can jump 30 feet.', }, { number: 94, fact: 'Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.', }, { number: 95, fact: 'Squids can have eyes the size of a volleyball.', }, { number: 96, fact: 'The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime.', }, { number: 97, fact: 'A turkey can run at 20 mph.', }, { number: 98, fact: 'When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.', }, { number: 99, fact: 'You burn about 20 calories per hour chewing gum.', }, { number: 100, fact: 'In a year, the average person walks four miles making his or her bed.', }, { number: 101, fact: 'About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.', }, { number: 102, fact: 'A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.', }, { number: 103, fact: 'Frowning burns more calories than smiling.', }, { number: 104, fact: 'There are more than 30,000 diets on public record.', }, { number: 105, fact: 'You will burn about 7% more calories walking on hard dirt than on pavement.', }, { number: 106, fact: 'You would weigh less on the top of a mountain than at sea level.', }, { number: 107, fact: 'You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.', }, { number: 108, fact: 'Licking a stamp burns 10 calories.', }, { number: 109, fact: 'Smelling apples and/or bananas can help you lose weight.', }, { number: 110, fact: 'Frogs never drink.', }, { number: 111, fact: 'Only male turkeys gobble.', }, { number: 112, fact: 'At birth, a Dalmatian is always pure white.', }, { number: 113, fact: 'The fastest recorded speed of a racehorse was over 43 mph.', }, { number: 114, fact: 'The oldest known animal was a tortoise, which lived to be 152 years old.', }, { number: 115, fact: "Bamboo makes up 99 percent of a panda's diet.", }, { number: 116, fact: 'The largest fish is the whale shark - it can be over 50 feet long and weigh two tons.', }, { number: 117, fact: 'The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside out.', }, { number: 118, fact: 'Honeybees are the only insects that create a form of food for humans.', }, { number: 119, fact: 'The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.', }, { number: 120, fact: 'The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.', }, { number: 121, fact: 'The only bird that can swim and not fly is a penguin.', }, { number: 122, fact: "A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.", }, { number: 123, fact: 'Beavers were once the size of bears.', }, { number: 124, fact: 'Seals sleep only one and a half minutes at a time.', }, { number: 125, fact: 'Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea.', }, { number: 126, fact: "A pigeon's feathers are heavier than its bones.", }, { number: 127, fact: "A hummingbird's heart beats 1,400 times a minute.", }, { number: 128, fact: 'Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk.', }, { number: 129, fact: 'Dolphins can jump up to 20 feet in the air.', }, { number: 130, fact: 'Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.', }, { number: 131, fact: 'Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water.', }, { number: 132, fact: 'A crocodile cannot move its tongue.', }, { number: 133, fact: 'Honeybees navigate by using the sun as a compass.', }, { number: 134, fact: 'An ant can lift 50 times its own weight.', }, { number: 135, fact: 'A single coffee tree produces only about a pound of coffee beans per year.', }, { number: 136, fact: 'Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.', }, { number: 137, fact: 'The city of Los Angeles has about 3x more automobiles than people.', }, { number: 138, fact: 'Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially.', }, { number: 139, fact: 'Hawaii is the only state with one school district.', }, { number: 140, fact: 'Holland is the only country with a national dog.', }, { number: 141, fact: 'The square dance is the official dance of the state of Washington.', }, { number: 142, fact: 'Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero degrees F or below.', }, { number: 143, fact: '"Q" is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any U.S. state.', }, { number: 144, fact: 'Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.', }, { number: 145, fact: "Lake Superior is the world's largest lake.", }, { number: 146, fact: 'The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as Manhattan.', }, { number: 147, fact: 'Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.', }, { number: 148, fact: 'The tallest man was 8 ft. 11 in.', }, { number: 149, fact: 'Theodore Roosevelt was the only president who was blind in one eye.', }, { number: 150, fact: 'The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894.', }, { number: 151, fact: 'The fastest served ball in tennis was clocked at 154 mph in 1963.', }, { number: 152, fact: 'In 1985, the fastest bicyclist was clocked at 154 mph.', }, { number: 153, fact: 'The speed limit in NYC was eight mph in 1895.', }, { number: 154, fact: 'Americans spend more than $630 million a year on golf balls.', }, { number: 155, fact: 'In 1926, the first outdoor mini-golf courses were built on rooftops in NYC.', }, { number: 156, fact: 'Swimming pools in the U.S. contain enough water to cover San Francisco.', }, { number: 157, fact: 'The first TV soap opera debuted in 1946.', }, { number: 158, fact: 'The first MTV video was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.', }, { number: 159, fact: 'The first TV show to ever be put into reruns was "The Lone Ranger."', }, { number: 160, fact: 'One alternate title that had been considered for NBC\'s hit "Friends" was "Insomnia Caf�."', }, { number: 161, fact: 'The first TV network kids show in the U.S. was "Captain Kangaroo."', }, { number: 162, fact: 'The temperature of the sun can reach up to 15 million degrees Fahrenheit.', }, { number: 163, fact: 'The first penny had the motto "Mind your own business."', }, { number: 164, fact: 'The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house by horses.', }, { number: 165, fact: 'Your eye expands up to 45% when looking at something pleasing.', }, { number: 166, fact: 'Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.', }, { number: 167, fact: "You'd have to play ping-pong for about 12 hours to lose one pound.", }, { number: 168, fact: 'One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.', }, { number: 169, fact: 'The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip.', }, { number: 170, fact: 'In 1878, the first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names.', }, { number: 171, fact: 'The most sensitive parts of the body are the mouth and the fingertips.', }, { number: 172, fact: 'The eye makes movements 50 times every second.', }, { number: 173, fact: 'Chinese is the most spoken language in the world.', }, { number: 174, fact: "The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.", }, { number: 175, fact: 'In 1634, tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.', }, { number: 176, fact: 'The first bike was called a hobbyhorse.', }, { number: 177, fact: 'The first sailing boats were built in Egypt.', }, { number: 178, fact: 'The first ballpoint pens were sold in 1945 for $12.00.', }, { number: 179, fact: 'The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.', }, { number: 180, fact: 'The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.', }, { number: 181, fact: 'The first jukebox was located in San Francisco in 1899.', }, { number: 182, fact: 'A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon.', }, { number: 183, fact: 'The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. has 365 steps to represent every day of the year.', }, { number: 184, fact: 'The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I, and N.', }, { number: 185, fact: 'A male kangaroo is called a boomer.', }, { number: 186, fact: 'A female kangaroo is called a flyer.', }, { number: 187, fact: 'There are over 61,000 pizzerias in the U.S.', }, { number: 188, fact: 'Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest, and highest continent on earth.', }, { number: 189, fact: 'The Sahara Desert stretches farther than the distance from California to New York.', }, { number: 190, fact: "Thailand means 'Land of the Free.'", }, { number: 191, fact: 'Popcorn was invented by the American Indians.', }, { number: 192, fact: 'Jupiter spins so fast that there is a new sunrise nearly every 10 hours.', }, { number: 193, fact: "The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won't happen again until 6009.", }, { number: 194, fact: "You don't have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court Justice.", }, { number: 195, fact: 'Eleven of the 50 U.S. states are named after an actual person.', }, { number: 196, fact: 'If you doubled one penny every day for 30 days, you would have $5,368,709.', }, { number: 197, fact: 'The first person crossed Niagara Falls by tightrope in 1859.', }, { number: 198, fact: 'The U.S. is the largest country named after a real person (Amerigo Vespucci).', }, { number: 199, fact: 'The largest cheesecake ever made weighed 57,508 lbs.', }, { number: 200, fact: 'The first country to use postcards was Austria.', }, { number: 201, fact: 'The only one-syllabled U.S. state is Maine.', }, { number: 202, fact: 'The mouth of the Statue of Liberty is 3 feet wide.', }, { number: 203, fact: 'Atlantic salmon are capable of leaping 15 feet high.', }, { number: 204, fact: 'A stamp shaped like a banana was once issued in the country of Tonga.', }, { number: 205, fact: 'For every human being in the world there is approximately one chicken.', }, { number: 206, fact: 'Over 1 million Earths would fit inside the Sun.', }, { number: 207, fact: 'Before 1687 clocks were made with only an hour hand.', }, { number: 208, fact: "Add up opposing sides of a dice cue, and you'll always get seven.", }, { number: 209, fact: 'The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,061 lbs.', }, { number: 210, fact: '1.3 billion pounds of peanuts are produced in Georgia each year.', }, { number: 211, fact: 'The average koala sleeps 22 hours each day.', }, { number: 212, fact: 'Galapagos turtles can take up to three weeks to digest a meal.', }, { number: 213, fact: 'The largest ball of twine in the US weighs over 17,000.', }, { number: 214, fact: 'Giraffes can lick their own eyes.', }, { number: 215, fact: 'Tennessee banned the use of a lasso to catch fish.', }, { number: 216, fact: 'TV dinners originated in the Arctic.', }, { number: 217, fact: 'Blackboard chalk contains no chalk.', }, { number: 218, fact: 'A jackrabbit can travel more than 12 feet in one hop.', }, { number: 219, fact: 'An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.', }, { number: 220, fact: 'Porcupines each have 30,000 quills.', }, { number: 221, fact: 'The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach baskets.', }, { number: 222, fact: 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was composed by Mozart when he was five years old.', }, { number: 223, fact: 'The Basenji is the only type of dog that does not bark.', }, { number: 224, fact: "America's 1st roller coaster was built in 1827 to carry coal from a mine to boats below.", }, { number: 225, fact: 'There are towns named Sandwich in Illinois and Massachusetts.', }, { number: 226, fact: "13 percent of the world's tea comes from Kenya.", }, { number: 227, fact: 'Tsiology is anything written about tea.', }, { number: 228, fact: 'There is a town in South Dakota named Tea.', }, { number: 229, fact: 'The Caspian Sea is actually a lake.', }, { number: 230, fact: 'Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles.', }, { number: 231, fact: 'Detroit has the greatest number of registered bowlers in the U.S.', }, { number: 232, fact: "The blue whale's heart is the size of a small car.", }, { number: 233, fact: 'There are seven letters that look the same upside down as right side up.', }, { number: 234, fact: 'Great Falls, Montana, is the windiest city in the U.S.', }, { number: 235, fact: 'The biggest pig in recorded history weighed almost one ton.', }, { number: 236, fact: 'Cows give more milk when they listen to music.', }, { number: 237, fact: 'The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.', }, { number: 238, fact: "An ostrich's brain is smaller than its eye.", }, { number: 239, fact: 'Besides humans, elephants are the only animals that can be taught to stand on their head.', }, { number: 240, fact: '"Challenger Deep" is the deepest point on Earth and can hold 25 Empire State Buildings end to end.', }, { number: 241, fact: 'The only cactus plantation in the world is in Mississippi.', }, { number: 242, fact: 'The Nickname of President Hayes\'s wife was "Lemonade Lucy."', }, { number: 243, fact: 'If you put all the streets in New York City in a straight line, they would stretch to Japan.', }, { number: 244, fact: 'The watermelon seed-spitting world record is about 70 feet.', }, { number: 245, fact: "The first typewriter was called the 'literary piano.'", }, { number: 246, fact: "The 'silk' of a spider is stronger than steel threads of the same diameter.", }, { number: 247, fact: 'Britain was the first country to register a patent on polyester.', }, { number: 248, fact: 'Snoopy is the most common dog name beginning with the letter S.', }, { number: 249, fact: "The 1st public message to be transmitted via Morse code was 'A patient waiter is no loser.'", }, { number: 250, fact: 'Mongolians invented lemonade around 1299 A.D.', }, { number: 251, fact: 'There are more French restaurants in New York City than in Paris.', }, { number: 252, fact: 'There is a town in Alaska called Chicken.', }, { number: 253, fact: 'The first TV remote control, introduced in 1950, was called Lazy Bones.', }, { number: 254, fact: 'The only bird who can see the color blue is the owl.', }, { number: 255, fact: 'Among North Atlantic lobsters, about 1 in 5,000 is born bright blue.', }, { number: 256, fact: 'There are more saunas than cars in Finland.', }, { number: 257, fact: 'The first food eaten in space by a U.S. astronaut was applesauce.', }, { number: 258, fact: 'Lemon wood is carved into chess pieces.', }, { number: 259, fact: 'The original recipe for chocolate contained chili powder instead of sugar.', }, { number: 260, fact: 'Underwater hockey is played with a 3-pound puck.', }, { number: 261, fact: 'Playing in a marching band is considered moderate exercise.', }, { number: 262, fact: 'The act of chewing an apple is a more efficient way to stay awake than caffeine.', }, { number: 263, fact: 'Bowling pins need to tip over a mere 7 1/2 degrees to fall down.', }, { number: 264, fact: 'Your breathing rate increases when you start to type.', }, { number: 265, fact: 'About 90% of all garlic consumed in the U.S. comes from Gilroy, CA.', }, { number: 266, fact: "Manhattan is the only borough in New York City that doesn't have a Main Street.", }, { number: 267, fact: 'Double Dutch jump rope is considered a cross-training sport.', }, { number: 268, fact: 'One lemon tree will produce about 1,500 lemons a year.', }, { number: 269, fact: 'Horseback riding can improve your posture.', }, { number: 270, fact: 'Colors like red, yellow, and orange make you hungry.', }, { number: 271, fact: 'Dim lights reduce your appetite.', }, { number: 272, fact: 'At birth, a human has 350 bones, but only 206 bones when full grown.', }, { number: 273, fact: 'Each year, the average American eats about 15 pounds of apples.', }, { number: 274, fact: 'All lemons are harvested by hand.', }, { number: 275, fact: 'It took the first man to walk around the world four years, three months and 16 days to complete his journey.', }, { number: 276, fact: 'Grizzly bears run as fast as the average horse.', }, { number: 277, fact: 'Today\'s "modern" wrestling moves have been seen in tomb drawings from ancient Egypt.', }, { number: 278, fact: 'China only has one time zone.', }, { number: 279, fact: 'Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world.', }, { number: 280, fact: 'The amount of concrete used in the Hoover Dam could build a highway from New York to California.', }, { number: 281, fact: 'The original name of Nashville, Tennessee was Big Salt Lick.', }, { number: 282, fact: 'If you drive from Los Angeles to Reno, NV, you will be heading west.', }, { number: 283, fact: 'A compass needle does not point directly north.', }, { number: 284, fact: 'Mt. Everest has grown one foot over the last 100 years.', }, { number: 285, fact: 'In ancient Rome, lemons were used as an antidote to all poisons.', }, { number: 286, fact: 'The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by as much as 6 inches depending on the temperature.', }, { number: 287, fact: 'Wisconsin has points located farther east than parts of Florida.', }, { number: 288, fact: 'Four Corners, AZ, is the only place where a person can stand in 4 states at the same time.', }, { number: 289, fact: 'In 1908, the first lollipop-making machine started in New Haven, CT.', }, { number: 290, fact: 'One out of every eight residents in the U.S. lives in California.', }, { number: 291, fact: 'Africa is divided into more countries than any other continent.', }, { number: 292, fact: 'Heavier, not bigger lemons, produce more juice.', }, { number: 293, fact: 'Vermont is the only New England state without a seacoast.', }, { number: 294, fact: 'No only child has been a U.S. President.', }, { number: 295, fact: 'Leonardo da Vinci could draw with one hand while writing with the other.', }, { number: 296, fact: 'In 1860, Abraham Lincoln grew a beard at the suggestion of an 11-year-old girl.', }, { number: 297, fact: 'David Rice Atchison was President of the United States for only one day.', }, { number: 298, fact: 'The sailfish has been clocked at speeds of over 60 miles per hour.', }, { number: 299, fact: 'The Library of Congress has over 600 miles of shelves.', }, { number: 300, fact: 'Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell because that is how they spelled it in the 18th century.', }, { number: 301, fact: 'William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day: April 23.', }, { number: 302, fact: 'Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.', }, { number: 303, fact: 'Napoleon suffered from a fear of cats.', }, { number: 304, fact: 'In 1900, 1/3 of all automobiles in New York City were powered by electricity.', }, { number: 305, fact: 'The 4th Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich so he could eat and gamble at the same time.', }, { number: 306, fact: 'In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.', }, { number: 307, fact: 'All dog breeds except chow-chows have black lips to prevent them from getting sunburned.', }, { number: 308, fact: 'Connecticut was the first state to pass a Lemon Law in 1982.', }, { number: 309, fact: "Ancient Egyptians believed the 'vein of love' ran from the third finger on the left hand to the heart.", }, { number: 310, fact: "The word 'facetious' features all the vowels in alphabetical order.", }, { number: 311, fact: 'The standard Chinese typewriter has 1,500 characters.', }, { number: 312, fact: 'A flea can jump 30,000 times without stopping.', }, { number: 313, fact: "'O' is the oldest letter of the alphabet, dating back to 3000 B.C.", }, { number: 314, fact: "The Japanese word 'judo' means 'the gentle way.'", }, { number: 315, fact: 'No two lip impressions are the same.', }, { number: 316, fact: 'It took Leonardo da Vinci 12 years to paint the lips of the Mona Lisa.', }, { number: 317, fact: 'Lemon sharks can give birth to about 36 babies at one time.', }, { number: 318, fact: "Top-performing companies are called 'blue chips' after the costliest chips in casinos.", }, { number: 319, fact: "The name for the space between your eyebrows is 'nasion.'", }, { number: 320, fact: 'There is a town called Jackpot in Nevada.', }, { number: 321, fact: "The word 'purple' does not rhyme with any other word in the English language.", }, { number: 322, fact: 'In the U.S., there are about 15,000 vacuum cleaner-related accidents each year.', }, { number: 323, fact: 'The Lemon-Yellow Tree Frog is only active in the darkness of night.', }, { number: 324, fact: 'The legs of bats are too weak to support their weight, so they hang upside down.', }, { number: 325, fact: '75% of people wash from top to bottom in the shower.', }, { number: 326, fact: "On average, you'll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.", }, { number: 327, fact: 'Chewing gum was invented in New York City in 1870 by Thomas Adams.', }, { number: 328, fact: 'The Statue of Liberty features 7 points in her crown- one for each of the continents.', }, { number: 329, fact: "The world's first escalator was built in Coney Island, NY, in 1896.", }, { number: 330, fact: 'The top of the Empire State Building was originally built as a place to anchor blimps.', }, { number: 331, fact: 'The area code in Cape Canaveral, Fl, is 321.', }, { number: 332, fact: 'Ohio is the only U.S. state that does not have a rectangular flag.', }, { number: 333, fact: 'Long Island is the largest island in the Continental U.S.', }, { number: 334, fact: 'The beaver is the official animal of Canada.', }, { number: 335, fact: 'Maine produces more toothpicks than any other state in the U.S.', }, { number: 336, fact: 'The last letter to be added to our alphabet was J.', }, { number: 337, fact: 'Farmington, Maine celebrates Chester Greenwood Day to honor the inventor of earmuffs.', }, { number: 338, fact: 'Of all the trees in Australia, 75% are eucalyptus.', }, { number: 339, fact: 'There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country.', }, { number: 340, fact: 'There is an underground mushroom in Oregon that measures 3.5 miles across.', }, { number: 341, fact: 'Of the 92 counties in Indiana, only 5 observe daylight savings time.', }, { number: 342, fact: 'California and Arizona grow approximately 95% of the fresh lemons in the U.S.', }, { number: 343, fact: 'The term 007 was derived from 20007, the home zip code of many Washington, D.C. agents.', }, { number: 344, fact: "Leonardo da Vinci discovered that a tree's rings reveal its age.", }, { number: 345, fact: 'The popsicle was invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy.', }, { number: 346, fact: "The medical term for writer's cramp is graphospasm.", }, { number: 347, fact: "A male firefly's light is twice as bright as a female's.", }, { number: 348, fact: "It is estimated that the world's oceans contain 10 billion tons of gold.", }, { number: 349, fact: "Most cats don't like lemonade.", }, { number: 350, fact: 'The watersheds that supply water to New York City are roughly the size of Delaware.', }, { number: 351, fact: 'Cold water weighs less than hot water.', }, { number: 352, fact: 'Storm clouds hold about 6 trillion raindrops.', }, { number: 353, fact: 'The weight of the moon is 81 billion tons.', }, { number: 354, fact: 'Bamboo can grow three feet in one day.', }, { number: 355, fact: 'A tune that gets stuck in your head is called an earworm.', }, { number: 356, fact: 'You exhale air at 15 m.p.h.', }, { number: 357, fact: 'A baboon is a variety of lemon.', }, { number: 358, fact: 'Butterflies were formerly known by the name Flutterby.', }, { number: 359, fact: 'A teaspoon contains 120 drops of water.', }, { number: 360, fact: 'Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.', }, { number: 361, fact: 'The pineapple is a very big berry.', }, { number: 362, fact: '"Arachibutlphobia" is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.', }, { number: 363, fact: 'Pearls dissolve in vinegar.', }, { number: 364, fact: 'Borborygmi is the noise that your stomach makes when you are hungry.', }, { number: 365, fact: 'The oil in cashews helps prevent tooth decay.', }, { number: 366, fact: 'The center of some golf balls contain honey.', }, { number: 367, fact: 'International tug of war rules state that the rope must be over 100-feet long.', }, { number: 368, fact: 'In 2003, a 6-year-old from Naples, FL was ticketed for not having a permit for her lemonade stand.', }, { number: 369, fact: "On Valentine's Day, there is no charge to get married in the Empire State Building's chapel.", }, { number: 370, fact: 'Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes.', }, { number: 371, fact: 'Grapes are the most popular fruit in the world.', }, { number: 372, fact: 'A housefly hums in the key of F.', }, { number: 373, fact: 'Endocarp is the edible pulp inside a lemon.', }, { number: 374, fact: "Thomas Edison coined the word 'hello' and introduced it as a way to answer the phone.", }, { number: 375, fact: "'Way' is the most frequently used noun in the English language.", }, { number: 376, fact: "The 'high five' was introduced by a professional baseball player in 1977.", }, { number: 377, fact: "'Disco' means 'I learn' in Latin.", }, { number: 378, fact: 'It costs the U.S. government 2.5 cents to produce a quarter.', }, { number: 379, fact: 'The "lemon yellow" crayon was introduced in 1949 and retired in 1990.', }, { number: 380, fact: 'It is illegal for a portrait of a living person to appear on U.S. postage stamps.', }, { number: 381, fact: 'Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables.', }, { number: 382, fact: 'The official state gem of Washington is petrified wood.', }, { number: 383, fact: 'Mount Katahdin in Maine is the first place in the U.S. to get sunlight each morning.', }, { number: 384, fact: 'Each year, the average person walks the distance from NY to Miami.', }, { number: 385, fact: 'Lemons are more acidic than vinegar.', }, { number: 386, fact: "New York City's public school students represent about 188 different countries.", }, { number: 387, fact: 'A banana is a giant herb.', }, { number: 388, fact: 'The first person in the U.S. arrested for speeding was a NYC cab driver.', }, { number: 389, fact: 'In the U.S., all interstate highways that run east to west are even-numbered.', }, { number: 390, fact: 'Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.', }, { number: 391, fact: 'A sea lemon is a mollusk that feeds on sponges.', }, { number: 392, fact: 'Three out of every six Americans live within fifty miles of where they were born.', }, { number: 393, fact: "The raised bump reflectors on U.S. roads are named 'Botts dots.'", }, { number: 394, fact: 'Nearly 9,000 people injure themselves with a toothpick each year.', }, { number: 395, fact: 'It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.', }, { number: 396, fact: 'The dragonfly can reach speeds of up to 36 mph.', }, { number: 397, fact: 'Bamboo can grow over three feet per day.', }, { number: 398, fact: 'Hippos can open their mouths 180 degrees.', }, { number: 399, fact: 'Manhattan was the first capital of the United States.', }, { number: 400, fact: 'About 80 women go into labor on NYC subways every year.', }, { number: 401, fact: 'The coldest city in the U.S. is International Falls, Minnesota.', }, { number: 402, fact: 'Christopher Columbus brought the first lemon seeds to America.', }, { number: 403, fact: 'The largest hailstone ever recorded in the U.S. was 17.5 inches around.', }, { number: 404, fact: "The Statue of Liberty's nose is four feet six inches long.", }, { number: 405, fact: 'The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is as thick as the Alps Mountains are high.', }, { number: 406, fact: 'The deepest place in the ocean is about seven miles deep.', }, { number: 407, fact: 'The largest dog litter was 23 puppies.', }, { number: 408, fact: 'Panda bears eat up to 16 hours a day.', }, { number: 409, fact: 'Approximately 16,500 people in the U.S. go by the last name Lemon.', }, { number: 410, fact: 'Bald eagles can swim using a stroke similar to the butterfly stroke.', }, { number: 411, fact: 'Lifejackets used to be filled with sunflower seeds for flotation.', }, { number: 412, fact: 'Two trees can create enough oxygen for a family of four.', }, { number: 413, fact: "The T-rex's closest living relative is the chicken.", }, { number: 414, fact: 'Chameleons can move both their eyes in different directions at the same time.', }, { number: 415, fact: "The most popular pet name in the United States is 'Max.'", }, { number: 416, fact: 'Many butterflies and moths are able to taste with their feet.', }, { number: 417, fact: 'All polar bears are left-handed.', }, { number: 418, fact: 'The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.', }, { number: 419, fact: 'A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second.', }, { number: 420, fact: "In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.", }, { number: 421, fact: 'Greyhounds can reach speeds of 45 miles per hour.', }, { number: 422, fact: 'Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family.', }, { number: 423, fact: "U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper - it's actually a blend of cotton and linen.", }, { number: 424, fact: 'The ZIP in the ZIP code stands for Zone Improvement Plan.', }, { number: 425, fact: "Kangaroos can't walk backward.", }, { number: 426, fact: 'The Empire State Building has 73 elevators.', }, { number: 427, fact: 'Lemons ripen after you pick them, but oranges do not.', }, { number: 428, fact: 'There are 118 ridges on the edge of a United States dime.', }, { number: 429, fact: 'There are 336 dimples on a regulation American golf ball.', }, { number: 430, fact: 'One acre of peanuts will make about 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.', }, { number: 431, fact: 'A twit is the technical term for a pregnant goldfish.', }, { number: 432, fact: "Antarctica holds 90% of the world's fresh water.", }, { number: 433, fact: 'The state of Tennessee was originally called Franklin.', }, { number: 434, fact: 'In the U.S., a pig has to weigh more than 180 lbs to be called a hog.', }, { number: 435, fact: 'Bloodhounds can track a man by smell for up to 100 miles.', }, { number: 436, fact: 'Beavers have orange teeth.', }, { number: 437, fact: 'The woodpecker can hammer wood up to 16 times per second.', }, { number: 438, fact: 'Mount Everest rises a few millimeters every year.', }, { number: 439, fact: 'Snails can sleep for up to three years.', }, { number: 440, fact: "The pupils in goats' eyes are rectangular.", }, { number: 441, fact: 'Jousting is the official sport in the state of Maryland.', }, { number: 442, fact: "Bees' wings beat about 11,400 times per minute.", }, { number: 443, fact: 'The pound sign, or #, is called an octothorp.', }, { number: 444, fact: 'The Statue of Liberty wears a size 879 sandal.', }, { number: 445, fact: 'If there are two full moons in a month, the second one is called a blue moon.', }, { number: 446, fact: 'You breathe in about 13 pints of air every minute.', }, { number: 447, fact: 'A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.', }, { number: 448, fact: 'The sun evaporates about a trillion tons of water a day.', }, { number: 449, fact: 'Sound travels quicker in water than in air.', }, { number: 450, fact: 'A group of cats is called a clowder.', }, { number: 451, fact: 'Human eyes have over two million working parts.', }, { number: 452, fact: 'There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on your tongue.', }, { number: 453, fact: 'Raindrops can fall as fast as 20 miles per hour.', }, { number: 454, fact: 'Polar bear fur is transparent, not white.', }, { number: 455, fact: 'Lobsters can live up to 50 years.', }, { number: 456, fact: "About 85% of the world's population is right-handed.", }, { number: 457, fact: 'The first traffic light was in use in London in 1868, before the advent of cars.', }, { number: 458, fact: 'Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.', }, { number: 459, fact: 'A group of a dozen or more cows is called a �flink.�', }, { number: 460, fact: 'Astronauts actually get taller when in space.', }, { number: 461, fact: 'A fifteen-year-old boy invented earmuffs in 1873.', }, { number: 462, fact: 'There is a ranch in Texas that is bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island.', }, { number: 463, fact: 'The dot over the letter i is called a tittle.', }, { number: 464, fact: 'Cows do not have upper front teeth.', }, { number: 465, fact: 'The great white shark can go up to three months between meals.', }, { number: 466, fact: 'During the Boston Tea Party, 342 chests of tea were thrown into the harbor.', }, { number: 467, fact: 'Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun once.', }, { number: 468, fact: 'Camels have three eyelids.', }, { number: 469, fact: '454 U.S. dollar bills weigh exactly one pound.', }, { number: 470, fact: 'Dairy cows drink up to 50 gallons of water per day.', }, { number: 471, fact: "The most common name for a pet goldfish is 'Jaws.'", }, { number: 472, fact: 'A nautical mile is 800 feet longer than a land mile.', }, { number: 473, fact: 'Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.', }, { number: 474, fact: 'To temporarily revive your ballpoint pen, dip the tip into hot water for a few seconds.', }, { number: 475, fact: 'Wrapping rubber bands around the ends of hangers can prevent clothes from slipping off.', }, { number: 476, fact: "Replacing your car's air filter can improve gas mileage by 10 percent.", }, { number: 477, fact: 'A chalkboard eraser is one of the best ways to wipe a foggy windshield.', }, { number: 478, fact: 'Candles will burn longer and drip less if they are placed in the freezer a few hours before using.', }, { number: 479, fact: 'Knots come out easier if you sprinkle talcum powder on them.', }, { number: 480, fact: 'You can tell which day a loaf of bread was baked by the color of its plastic twist tag.', }, { number: 481, fact: 'Over 50 percent of your body heat is lost through your head and neck.', }, { number: 482, fact: 'Dieting by not eating will actually make your body start conserving calories as fat.', }, { number: 483, fact: 'Smile more - every two thousand frowns creates one wrinkle.', }, { number: 484, fact: 'Rinsing bacon under cold water before frying can reduce the amount it shrinks by almost 50 percent.', }, { number: 485, fact: 'Refrigerating apples can help them last up to 10 times longer than those left at room temperature.', }, { number: 486, fact: 'While chopping onions, hold a piece of bread between your lips to keep your eyes from watering.', }, { number: 487, fact: 'Place an apple in the bag with your potatoes to keep them from budding.', }, { number: 488, fact: 'Place a slice of bread in the storage container to keep cookies soft when storing.', }, { number: 489, fact: 'To keep an ice cream cone from dripping, stuff a miniature marshmallow into the bottom of the cone.', }, { number: 490, fact: 'To take lumps out of a bag of sugar, place it in the refrigerator for 24 hours.', }, { number: 491, fact: 'To remove crayon marks from walls, use a hairdryer to heat the wax.', }, { number: 492, fact: 'To make a zipper slide up and down more smoothly, rub a bar of soap over the teeth.', }, { number: 493, fact: 'Wipe the leaves of your plants with the soft inside of a banana skin to bring up shine and remove dust.', }, { number: 494, fact: 'To clean paint off your hands, use olive oil - it softens the paint and makes it easy to remove.', }, { number: 495, fact: 'To fix a button about to fall off, dab a little clear nail polish over the threads holding it on.', }, { number: 496, fact: 'To clean paint off your hands, use olive oil - it softens the paint and makes it easy to remove.', }, { number: 497, fact: 'To fix a button about to fall off, dab a little clear nail polish over the threads holding it on.', }, { number: 498, fact: 'To remove crayon marks from walls, use a hairdryer to heat the wax.', }, { number: 499, fact: 'An average strawberry has about 200 seeds.', }, { number: 500, fact: 'A watermelon is 92% water.', }, { number: 501, fact: 'Honey never spoils.', }, { number: 502, fact: 'Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t.', }, { number: 503, fact: 'Apples float because they are 25% air.', }, { number: 504, fact: 'Pumpkins are a type of squash.', }, { number: 505, fact: 'Tomatoes are fruits.', }, { number: 506, fact: 'A cucumber is 96% water.', }, { number: 507, fact: 'Potatoes were the first food to be grown in space.', }, { number: 508, fact: 'Carrots were originally purple.', }, { number: 509, fact: 'There are over 7,500 varieties of apples.', }, { number: 510, fact: 'Pineapples take two years to grow.', }, { number: 511, fact: 'Peanuts are not nuts; they are legumes.', }, { number: 512, fact: 'Cranberries bounce if they are fresh.', }, { number: 513, fact: 'A pomegranate can hold up to 1,000 seeds.', }, { number: 514, fact: 'Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.', }, { number: 515, fact: 'Broccoli contains more protein than steak.', }, { number: 516, fact: 'One avocado has more potassium than a banana.', }, { number: 517, fact: