Fact Book

Sales of Rolaids, Alka-Seltzer, and Tums jump 20% in December

Salmon can jump as high as 6 feet.

Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into veiw. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.

2171. Fact

Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.

2172. Fact

Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!

2173. Fact

'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

2174. Fact

'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth!

2175. Fact

Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.

2176. Fact

September 16-21 is Farm Animal Awarness week

2177. Fact

Several varieties of lightning have been identified by meteorologists. In the so-called "Positive Giant" type, the temperature of the lightning bolt reaches 30,000 degrees Celsius, over five times hotter than the surface of the sun.

2178. Fact

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures!

2179. Fact

Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15:1.

2180. Fact

Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.' (Thats right: he painted his door yellow, and the phrase was corrupted of "Lemonentry, my dear Watson")

2181. Fact

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

2182. Fact

Slow food: The average French citizen eats 500 snails a year.

2183. Fact

Slow food: The average French citizen eats 500 snails a year.

2184. Fact

Slugs have 4 noses.

2185. Fact

Small cockroaches are more likely to die on their backs than large cockroaches

2186. Fact

Smartest dogs: (in order) 1) border collie 2)poodle 3)golden retriever.

2187. Fact

Smokers eat more sugar than non-smokers do.

2188. Fact

Sneezes can travel over 100 mph

2189. Fact

Snowiest city in the U.S.: Blue canyon, California.

2190. Fact

So that's how they cheat - A microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.

2191. Fact

Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.

2192. Fact

Some astronomers believe there may be a tenth planet (Planet X) in our solar system, perhaps as much as ten times the size of Jupiter, but so far away as to be invisible to us.

2193. Fact

Some Dolphin species sleep with one eye open.

2194. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : morarji desai
former prime minister, freedom fighter
Year : 1991
Region : gujarat.

2195. Fact

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food.

2196. Fact

Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.

2197. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : sardar vallabhbhai patel
posthumous, freedom fighter, first home minister of india
Year : 1991
Region : gujarat.

2198. Fact

Someone on Earth reports seeing a UFO every three minutes.

2199. Fact

Sonny and Cher originally called themselves Cleo and Caesar.

2200. Fact

Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.

2201. Fact

Space is a vacuum which means sound can't travel. Hence, "Nobody can hear you scream in space"!

2202. Fact

Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and Ham.

2203. Fact

Spat-out food is called chanking

2204. Fact

Sperm have to swim 100,000 times their length to get a woman pregnant. That's the equivalent of man swimming over 100 miles in one go.

2205. Fact

Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris.

2206. Fact

Spinach consumption in the U.S. rose 33% after the Popeye comic strip became a hit in 1931.

2207. Fact

Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation , was played by six different cats.

2208. Fact

St. Bernard dogs do not carry kegs of brandy, and never have.

2209. Fact

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man who ran a saloon there.

2210. Fact

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called 'Pigs Eye'.

2211. Fact

Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.

2212. Fact

Starfish have eight eyes--one at the end of each leg. (

2213. Fact

State sport of Maryland: Jousting.

2214. Fact

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is Alaska

2215. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : rajiv gandhi
posthumous, former prime minister
Year : 1991
Region : new delhi.

2216. Fact

Stewardesses is the longest word that is formally typed with only the left hand.

2217. Fact

Strawberries have more vitamin c than oranges.

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