10294. Fact

More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss.

10295. Fact

The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10? inches

10296. Fact

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes

10297. Fact

Slugs have four noses.

10298. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Usa : n

10299. Fact

In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums

10300. Fact

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day

10301. Fact

Brad Pitt has been smoking since the sixth grade.

10302. Fact

One of the many Tarzans, Karmuela Searlel, was mauled to death on the set by a raging elephant.

10303. Fact

The U.S. Army has a stealth reconnaissance helicopter named The Duke in honor of John Wayne.

10304. Fact

Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.

10305. Fact

St. Patrick explained the Holy Trinity to King Laoghaire, using the shamrock to illustrate the trinity

10306. Fact

A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.

10307. Fact

The airplane, Buddy Holly died in, was the American Pie, which is where Don McLarean got the song title from.

10308. Fact

The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.

10309. Fact

Ever year, Americans spend close to $25 billion on beer

10310. Fact

The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.

10311. Fact

The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats.

10312. Fact

Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

10313. Fact

The Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory in 1582 AD, and was adopted by Great Britain and the English colonies in 1752.

10314. Fact

Harley Proctor got the idea to name the soap Ivory while he was listening to a bible reading at a church in 1879

10315. Fact

For every human in the world there are one million ants

10316. Fact

By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.

10317. Fact

Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33 inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside it

10318. Fact

Local calls using a coin-operated phone in the U.S. cost only 5 cents everywhere until 1951.

10319. Fact

The USSR set off the largest nuclear explosion in history, detonating a 50 megaton bomb (2600 times the Hiroshima bomb) in an atmospheric test over the Novaya Zemla Islands, October 30 1961.

10320. Fact

The longest freshwater shoreline in the world is located in the state of Michigan

10321. Fact

The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour

10322. Fact

The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers

10323. Fact

Italians do not drink espresso during meals. It is considered to be a separate event and is given its own time.

10324. Fact

On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard.

10325. Fact

Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it

10326. Fact

Women say that the part of a man's body that they admire the most is his buttocks.

10327. Fact

A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel

10328. Fact

An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime

10329. Fact

Some of the other names that were thought of for the dwarfs in the Disney movie Snow White were Awful, Dirty, Shifty, Hotsy, and Jumpy

10330. Fact

The Himalayas are the fastest growing mountains in the world. Already the tallest, the mountain range is growing at a rate of about a half an inch each year.

10331. Fact

The United States produces 3,145,892,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity every year. That's over three times the amount of the second-highest producing country, Russia.

10332. Fact

Ovaltine was originally called Ovamaltine. A clerical error forced the name to be changed when the manufacturer registered the name.

10333. Fact

Eggplant is a member of the thistle family.

10334. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Uk : g

10335. Fact

The six most dangerous occupations in America are; football player, firefighter, race-car driver, astronaut, police officer, and fisherman.

10336. Fact

Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father

10337. Fact

Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped

10338. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Spain : ec

10339. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Sri Lanka : 4r

10340. Fact

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies

10341. Fact

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

10342. Fact

MenÕs shirts have the buttons on the right while womenÕs shirts have the buttons on the left

10343. Fact

Used in art the word sfumato refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another

Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna : v. v. giri
former president, trade unionist
Year : 1975
Region : orissa.      .. More >>