2410. Fact

The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia – a Latin term meaning "for example."

2411. Fact

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

2412. Fact

The life span of a taste bud is ten days.

2413. Fact

The lining of your digestive system is shed every 3 days.

2414. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : dhondo keshav karve
educationist, social reformer
Year : 1958
Region : maharashtra.

2415. Fact

The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive-so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

2416. Fact

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

2417. Fact

The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.

2418. Fact

The longest recorded lifespan of a camel was 35 years, 5 months

2419. Fact

The longest recorded lifespan of a slug was 1 year, 6 months.

2420. Fact

The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California...

2421. Fact

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

2422. Fact

The longest word that can be typed solely with the left hand is stewardess

2423. Fact

The Los Angeles Rams were the first U.S. football team to introduce emblems on their helmets.

2424. Fact

The lungfish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.

2425. Fact

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

2426. Fact

The male gypsy moth can 'smell' the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

2427. Fact

The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk.

2428. Fact

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

2429. Fact

The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz.

2430. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : govind ballabh pant
freedom fighter, jurist home minister
Year : 1957
Region : uttar pradesh (now uttarakhand).

2431. Fact

The Milky Way's nearest neighbour is 4.3 million light years away - a hundred million times further then the Moon. It is a three-star cluster known as Alpha Centauri.

2432. Fact

The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.

2433. Fact

The Monoliths all have proportional sizes of 1x4x9

2434. Fact

The Monoliths reproduce at a rate of one every 2 minutes

2435. Fact

The most collect calls are made on Father's Day.

2436. Fact

The most common letters in english are R S T L N E

2437. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : jawaharlal nehru
first prime minister, freedom fighter, author.
Year : 1955
Region : uttar pradesh.

2438. Fact

The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.

2439. Fact

The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.

2440. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : sir mokshagundam visvesvarayya
civil engineer, dam architect, diwan of princely state of mysore
Year : 1955
Region : karnataka.

2441. Fact

The most popular Campbell's Soup in Hong Kong is watercress and duck gizzard.

2442. Fact

The most popular ice cream flavour is vanilla

2443. Fact

The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.

2444. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : bhagwan das
literature, freedom fighter
Year : 1955
Region : uttar pradesh.

2445. Fact

The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001.

2446. Fact

The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV becuase one if its stars was a pig.

2447. Fact

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

2448. Fact

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers. A jellyfish is 95% water.

2449. Fact

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

2450. Fact

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

2451. Fact

The name of the girl on the Statue of Liberty is Mother of Exiles

2452. Fact

The name Wendy was made up for the book -"Peter Pan".

2453. Fact

The name Wendy was made up for the book, Peter Pan

2454. Fact

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

2455. Fact

The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.

2456. Fact

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.

2457. Fact

The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.

2458. Fact

The number of the trash compactor in Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977) is 3263827.

2459. Fact

The number one most popular cat name is kitty

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