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.

2218. Fact

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax

2219. Fact

Sumerians (from 5000 BC) thought that the liver made blood and the heart was the center of thought.

2220. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : nelson mandela
second non-citizen and first non-indian, leader of anti-apartheid movement
Year : 1990
Region : south africa.

2221. Fact

Surveys say: nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.

2222. Fact

Surveys say: nearly 10% of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.

2223. Fact

Surveys say: only ? Americans eats 3 meals a day.

2224. Fact

Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth.

2225. Fact

Switzerland has the highest per-capita consumption of soft drinks in the world.

2226. Fact

Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar, in "Midnight Cowboy". Her entire role lasted only 6 minutes.

2227. Fact

Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.

2228. Fact

Taft also had a special re-enforced steel dining chair.

2229. Fact

Take your height and divide by eight. That's how tall your head is.

2230. Fact

Take your height and divide by eight. That’s how “tall” your head is.

2231. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : b. r. ambedkar
posthumous, architect of indian constitution, social reformer, economist, scholar
Year : 1990
Region : maharashtra.

2232. Fact

Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.

2233. Fact

Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

2234. Fact

Terminator 2 cost $647,000 per minute of film to make.

2235. Fact

Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

2236. Fact

Texas horned toads can shoot blood out of the corners or their eyes

2237. Fact

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

2238. Fact

Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

2239. Fact

Texas reserves the right to become 4 seperate states at a time of its chosing (a condition of statehood 1845).

2240. Fact

The "L.L." in L.L. Bean stands for Leon Leonwood.

2241. Fact

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutter on backwards.

2242. Fact

The # symbols is often referred to as a "number sign" or "pound sign." Its actual name is an octothorpe

2243. Fact

The ‘Big Dipper’ is known as ‘The Casserole’ in France.

2244. Fact

The 2 most common surgeries are biopsies and cesarean sections.

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