2513. Fact

The record distance for cherry pit spitting is 95 feet, 7 inches.

2514. Fact

The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.

2515. Fact

The revolving door was invented in 1888

2516. Fact

The right lung takes in more air than the left.

2517. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : ustad bismillah khan
classical shehnai maestro
Year : 2001
Region : bihar.

2518. Fact

The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... Thus the saying.

2519. Fact

The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’, which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.

2520. Fact

The second longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmenterianism".

2521. Fact

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

2522. Fact

The serial number of the first MAC ever produced was 2001

2523. Fact

The shape of plant collenchyma cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

2524. Fact

The sound of knuckles cracking is generated by imploding synovial fluid.

2525. Fact

The Speaker of the House of Commons is not allowed to speak opinion.

2526. Fact

The speed of a typical raindrop is 7 miles per hour.

2527. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : lata mangeshkar
play back singer
Year : 2001
Region : maharashtra.

2528. Fact

the starfish is the only animal that can turn it's stomach inside out.

2529. Fact

The state of Florida is bigger than England!

2530. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : gopinath bordoloi
posthumous, freedom fighter
Year : 1999
Region : assam.

2531. Fact

The state of Wyoming is named after a valley in Pennsylvania.

2532. Fact

The state with the longest coastline in the U.S. is Michigan.

2533. Fact

The state with the longest coastline in the US is Michigan.

2534. Fact

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.

2535. Fact

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

2536. Fact

The sun is NOT the biggest star in the universe.

2537. Fact

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79cm?

2538. Fact

The surface area of the Earth is 197,000,000 square miles

2539. Fact

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

2540. Fact

The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.

2541. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : amartya sen
nobel laureate (economics, 1998)
Year : 1999
Region : west bengal.

2542. Fact

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all t

2543. Fact

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

2544. Fact

The term 'Rock N' Roll' was coined in 1951

2545. Fact

The term 'The Real McCoy' was coined in the 1880's

2546. Fact

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

2547. Fact

The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.

2548. Fact

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The "crack" of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

2549. Fact

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

2550. Fact

The toothbrush was invented in 1498

2551. Fact

The top 3 products for coupon redemption are cold cereal, soap, and deodorant.

2552. Fact

The typical shower is 101 degrees F.

2553. Fact

The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.

2554. Fact

The typical U.S. 18-year-old has spent 11,000 hours in school and 18,000 hours watching TV.

2555. Fact

The U.S. Army accidentally ordered an 82 year supply of freeze-dried tuna salad mix for troops in Europe.

2556. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : pandit ravi shankar
classical sitar player
Year : 1999
Region : uttar pradesh.

2557. Fact

The U.S. founding fathers' name for the American Revolution was 'The War with Britain'.

2558. Fact

The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.

2559. Fact

The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.

2560. Fact

The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.

2561. Fact

The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.

2562. Fact

The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.

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