2769. Bharat Ratna

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

2770. Fact

You can tell a turtle's gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt, females hiss.

2771. Fact

You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.

2772. Fact

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

2773. Fact

You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.

2774. Bharat Ratna

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

2775. Fact

Your brain is 80% water

2776. Fact

Your brain is 80% water.

2777. Fact

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day

2778. Bharat Ratna

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

2779. Fact

Your skin is actually an organ.

2780. Fact

Your skin is the heaviest organ

2781. Fact

your skin weighs twice as much as your brain

2782. Bharat Ratna

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

2783. Fact

You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making uglyfaces at dogs in Oklahoma.

2784. Fact

Yum-yum! The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.

2785. Fact

Zarf is the holder of a handleless coffee cup

2786. Fact

zoophobia is the fear of animals

2787. Fact

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

2788. Fact

Men are 6 times more likely to get struck by lightning then women.

2789. Fact

The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs

2790. Fact

Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean

2791. Fact

Lima beans contain cyanide.

2792. Fact

A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.

2793. Fact

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the United States.

2794. Fact

The average person's scalp has 100,000 hairs.

2795. Fact

The male penguin incubates the single egg laid by his mate. During the two month period he does not eat, and will lose up to 40% of his body weight.

2796. Fact

On average, adults watch double the amount of TV as teenagers do.

2797. Fact

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".

2798. Fact

At the height of its power (400 BC) the Greek city of Sparta had 500,000 slaves and only 25,000 citizens.

2799. Fact

Dismal first-year sales of famous products: VW Beetle (U.S.)--sold 330 first year. Liquid Paper--sold 1,200 bottles first year. Cuisinart--sold 200 first year. Remington typewriter--sold 8 first year. Scrabble--sold 532 first year. Coca-Cola--sold 25 bottles first year.

2800. Fact

Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites

2801. Fact

The state of Florida is bigger than England.

2802. Fact

At one time, Pumpkins were recommended for the removal of freckles and curing snake bites

2803. Fact

Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.

2804. Fact

About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.

2805. Fact

Approximate number of facial expressions dogs can make: 100.

2806. Fact

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

2807. Fact

Elton John and The Beach Boys are tied for the record for the longest gap between number one hit singles in the United States. Both waited 21 years, 11 months.

2808. Fact

It is illegal for tourists to enter Mexico with more than 2 CD's.

2809. Fact

Everyone thought Albert Einstein suffered from dyslexia, because he couldn't speak properly until he was 9 years old.

2810. Fact

Muhammad is the most common first name in the world.

2811. Fact

Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use

2812. Fact

About 70 percent of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money

2813. Fact

After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin in 1996

2814. Fact

A cucumber is 96% water.

2815. Fact

The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

2816. Fact

Retail espresso vendors report an increase in decaffeinated sales in the month of January due to New Year's resolutions to decrease caffeine intake.

2817. Fact

The longest game of Monopoly played underwater is 45 days

2818. Fact

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

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