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

10344. Fact

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

10345. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
South Africa : zs, zt, zu

10346. Fact

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?" It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

10347. Fact

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and ultra-violet light.

10348. Fact

The first lighthouse built in the USA was in Boston, MA in 1716

10349. Fact

Earthworms have 5 hearts

10350. Fact

In America, approximately 20% of children between the ages of 2 - 7 have televisions in their rooms

10351. Fact

India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century

10352. Fact

Trueman Capote the man who wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's had the middle name of Stucklefuss.

10353. Fact

Unprosperousness is the longest word in which every letter occurs at least twice.

10354. Fact

Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by excesseive use of alcohol

10355. Fact

There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.

10356. Fact

In the 1960 movie Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used to show the blood in the shower scene

10357. Fact

French astronomer Adrien Auzout had once considered building a telescope that was 1,000 feet long in the 1600s. He thought the magnification would be so great, he would see animals on the moon

10358. Fact

Top corporate executives take separate planes in case one crashes.

10359. Fact

Battle Creek, Michigan is referred to as the Cereal Bowl of America. The city produces the most breakfast cereals than any other city in the world

10360. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Singapore : 9v

10361. Fact

Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash

10362. Fact

A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle

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