10184. Alloy

Alloy : monel metal
Composition : cu (70%), ni (30%)
Use : for making alkali resistant containers.

10185. Fact

The term white chocolate is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor. White chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.

10186. Fact

Each Jelly Belly jelly belly bean has 4 calories

10187. Fact

The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material

10188. Fact

Tony Hawk has made more money from video games and tv commercials than from skateboarding.

10189. Fact

The study of twins is known as gemellology

10190. Fact

The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.

10191. Fact

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

10192. Fact

St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904

10193. Fact

Federal law forbids recycling used eyeglasses in the United States.

10194. Fact

Ferrets sleep around 20 hours a day.

10195. Fact

The word limelight that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers

10196. Fact

A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried to kill it

10197. Fact

In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.

10198. Fact

The largest insect egg belongs to the Malaysian jungle nymph, a sticklike insect, and measures about 1.3 centimeters long larger than a peanut! (Some insects, mainly mantises and cockroaches, lay egg cases that are larger, but they contain about 200 individual eggs.)

10199. Fact

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

10200. Fact

In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers

10201. Fact

A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon

10202. Fact

The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.

10203. Fact

Most people hear better out of their right ear.

10204. Fact

The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot

10205. Fact

Grasping your ears is a sign of repentance or sincerity in India.

10206. Fact

Arnold Palmer was the first player to win $1 million on the PGA Tour

10207. Fact

Pancakes are commonly served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Australia.

10208. Fact

The music group Simply Red got its name from band member Mick Hucknall, who has red hair

10209. Fact

Disney World in Orlando, Florida covers 30,500 acres (46 square miles), making it twice the size of the island of Manhattan, New York.

10210. Fact

One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.

10211. Fact

The average life expectancy of a kangaroo in captivity is 7 years.

10212. Fact

There are no penguins in the North Pole.

10213. Fact

NASCAR stands for National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.

10214. Fact

Walt Disney had a fear of mice

10215. Fact

It is impossible for a solar eclipse to last for more than 7 minutes 58 seconds.

10216. Alloy

Alloy : rolled gold
Composition : cu(90%), ni (10%)
Use : for making cheap ornaments.

10217. Fact

There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.

10218. Fact

Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament

10219. Fact

The most popular grown bulbs are tulips

10220. Fact

Teh means cool in Thai. (Pronounced tay).

10221. Fact

Throughout the South, peanuts were known as Monkey Nuts, and Goober peas, before the civil war

10222. Fact

Cleans baked-on food from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit overnight and sponge clean. The anti-static agents apparently weaken the bond between the food and the pan while the fabric softening agents soften the baked-on food.

10223. Fact

Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older

10224. Fact

Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury

10225. Fact

Most people who read the word 'yawning'will yawn.

10226. Fact

A lion feeds once every three to four days

10227. Fact

Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.

10228. Fact

The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet

10229. Fact

Mexican jumping beans jump because of moth larvae inside the bean

10230. Fact

The heaviest United States President was William Howard Taft who weighed 332 pounds

10231. Fact

The greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in February, 1959.

10232. Fact

Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can leap as far as twenty feet

10233. Fact

The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the Uncle Sam.

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