10069. Fact

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were Thomas Jefferson survives.

10070. Fact

Amongst pre-schoolers, Caillou is the fastest-ever-growing television show and is seen in close to 97% of U.S. households

10071. Fact

The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower

10072. Fact

The first American advertisement for tobacco was published in 1789. It showed a picture of an Indian smoking a long clay pipe.

10073. Fact

A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless

10074. Fact

On the cartoon show The Jetsons, Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15 years old.

10075. Also known as

Original name : acharya rajneesh
Also known as : osho

10076. Fact

The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness

10078. Fact

85% of movie actors earn less than $5,000 a year from acting.

10079. Fact

Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100

10080. Fact

South Africa is the only country to have three capital cities: one for each branch of its government (Administrative, Legislative, and Judicial).

10081. Fact

The Canadian government legalized marijuana for medicinal use in 1999. After discovering a shortage of local growers they began to import the dope from Mississippi.

10082. Fact

Weevils are more resistant to poisons in the morning than at night.

10083. Fact

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is 4:00 p.m. Insects are most vulnerable at this time.

10084. Fact

The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. It was published in New Haven, Connecticut, by the New Haven District Telephone Company in February, 1878.

10085. Fact

Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year because it's built on top of an underground reservoir. Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city's growing population of more than 15 million people.

10086. Fact

The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It To Beaver.

10087. Fact

No SEAL has ever surrendered and no wounded or dead SEAL has ever been left on the field during battle.

10088. Fact

The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel

10089. Fact

Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste

10090. Fact

The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the Polar Bear Capital of the World

10091. Fact

More people die from eating sharks then from being eaten by them. This is due to a poison in shark meat

10092. Fact

The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half

10093. Fact

U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year

10094. Fact

One billion seconds is about 32 years

10095. Fact

Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings

10096. Fact

Planet Jupiter spins so fast that there are 2 sunrises and 2 sunsets every 24 hours by earth time.

10097. Fact

Each day Americans 15 and over spend an average of 55 minutes of driving

10098. Fact

The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels

10099. Alloy

Alloy : stainless steel
Composition : fe (82%) cr, ni (18%)
Use : for making cooking utencils, knives.

10100. Fact

Nothing rhymes with the word "month"

10101. Fact

Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920

10102. Fact

Truffles, or mushrooms that grow below the ground, are one of the world's most expensive foods. One variety, Tuber melanosporum, can cost between $800 and $1,500 a pound.

10103. Fact

In 1905, Chapman and Skinner in San Francisco invented the first portable electric vacuum.

10104. Fact

The Star Trek theme actually has lyrics.

10105. Fact

It's a diverse world we live in. In the U.S. football, basketball and baseball are the three most watched sports on TV. In England, the top three most viewed are soccer, Formula One auto racing, and boxing. In Russia it's soccer, ice hockey, and boxing. And in China it's soccer, table tennis, and swimming.

10106. Fact

Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%.

10107. Fact

Ballroom dancing is a course at Brigham Young University in Utah

10108. Fact

In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years

10109. Fact

Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning little lion.

10110. Alloy

Alloy : steel
Composition : fe (98%), c (2%)
Use : for making nails, screws, bridges.

10111. Fact

The official state song of Georgia since 1922 has been Georgia on My Mind.

10112. Fact

The most popular vacation destinations for Americans in 1956 was Niagara Falls

10113. Fact

A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere

10114. Fact

The horned owl is the only animal stupid enough to attack a skunk.

10115. Alloy

Alloy : duralium
Composition : al (95%), cu (4%), mg (0.5%), mn (0.5%)
Use : in aircraft manufacturing.

10116. Fact

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon

10117. Fact

Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won't be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.

10118. Fact

The curvature of the earth is pretty close to eight inches every mile, or 66 feet every hundred miles.

10119. Fact

The word, tattoo originated from the Tahitain word tattau which means to mark.

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