2356. Fact

The first hard drive available for the Apple ][ had a capacity of 5megabytes.

2357. Fact

The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of 5 megabytes.

2358. Fact

The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!

2359. Fact

The first NFL team that plays its home games in a domed stadium to win a Superbowl was the St. Louis Rams in 1999.

2360. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : pandurang vaman kane
indologist, sanskrit scholar
Year : 1963
Region : maharashtra.

2361. Fact

The first recorded occurance of a Tornado was June 10, 1682

2362. Fact

The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.

2363. Fact

The first toilet ever seen on TV was on "Leave it to Beaver".

2364. Fact

The first TV commercial: a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.

2365. Fact

The first TV commercial: a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.

2366. Fact

The first two years of a dog's life are equal to 24 human years.

2367. Fact

The first umbrellas were used in Windsor, Connecticut, 1740

2368. Fact

The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "Smile".

2369. Fact

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

2370. Fact

The G in 'g-string' stand for groin.

2371. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : dr. zakir hussain
former president, scholar
Year : 1963
Region : andhra pradesh.

2372. Fact

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

2373. Fact

The glue on Israeli stamps is certified kosher.

2374. Fact

The Grateful Dead were once called The Warlocks.

2375. Fact

The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.

2376. Fact

The guy in the Darth Vader suit didn't know that James Earl Jones was doing the voice until the screenplay.

2377. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : dr. rajendra prasad
first president, freedom fighter, jurist
Year : 1962
Region : bihar.

2378. Fact

The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

2379. Fact

The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.

2380. Fact

The higher the income, the more likely an American man will cheat on his wife.

2381. Fact

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado!

2382. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : purushottam das tandon
freedom fighter, educationist
Year : 1961
Region : uttar pradesh.

2383. Fact

The holes in fly swatters are used to lower air resistance

2384. Fact

The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.

2385. Fact

The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.

2386. Fact

The human brain is insensitive to pain.

2387. Fact

The human brain stops growing at the age of 18

2388. Fact

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft .

2389. Fact

the human tooth has about 55 miles of canals in it.

2390. Fact

The idea that "the Boogey Man will get you" comes from the Boogey people, who still inhabit an area of Indonesia. These people still act as pirates today, and attack passing ships.

2391. Fact

The international telphone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

2392. Fact

The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning!

2393. Fact

The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

2394. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : dr. b. c. roy
physician, politician, former chief minister of west bengal
Year : 1961
Region : west bengal.

2395. Fact

The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.

2396. Fact

The Japanese liquor, Mam, uses venomous snakes as one of its main engredients.

2397. Fact

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

2398. Fact

The largest apple pie ever baked was 40 x 23 feet

2399. Fact

The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.

2400. Fact

The largest crossword puzzle ever contained 82,951 squares. It had 12,489 clues across, and 13,125 down. It was created by Robert Turcot, from Quebec.

2401. Fact

The largest object that was ever found in the Los Angeles sewer system was a motorcycle.

2402. Fact

The largest species of kangaroo stands nearly 7 feet tall.

2403. Fact

The last dodo bird died in 1681.

2404. Fact

The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.

2405. Fact

The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off could throw a pickup truck over a mile.

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