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.

2245. Fact

The 2 people most admired by teenagers in 1983: Eddie Murphy and Ronald Reagan, in that order.

2246. Fact

The 29,249th digit of pi is a seven

2247. Fact

The 42nd most common word used on the internet is 'INFORMATION'

2248. Fact

The 7th most common word used on the ineternet is 'HTML'

2249. Fact

The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.

2250. Fact

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was named the "American Pie.", hence the song.

2251. Fact

The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.

2252. Fact

The amount you fart is increased by stress, onions, cabbage and beans.

2253. Fact

The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.

2254. Fact

The armhole in clothing is called an armsaye

2255. Fact

The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.

2256. Fact

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

2257. Fact

The Australian $5,$10,$20,$50 and $100 notes are made out of plastic.

2258. Fact

The averagae American butt is 14.9 in. long

2259. Fact

The average acre of corn contains 7.2 million kernals

2260. Fact

The average American eats at McDonalds 1,811 times in their life.

2261. Fact

The average American has $104 in their wallet

2262. Fact

The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.

2263. Fact

The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the he/she graduates from high school.

2264. Fact

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

2265. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : m. g. ramachandran
posthumous, chief minister-tamil nadu, actor
Year : 1988
Region : tamil nadu.

2266. Fact

The average coach airline meal costs the airline $4.00. The average first class meal: $50.

2267. Fact

The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute

2268. Fact

The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.

2269. Fact

The average ear of corn has eight-hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.

2270. Fact

The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.

2271. Fact

The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

2272. Fact

The average housefly lives for one month

2273. Fact

The average housefly weighs 10 to 15 millionths of a pound.

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