3806. Fact

Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.

3807. Fact

The two most famous actors who portrayed the ÒMarlboro ManÓ in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer.

3808. Fact

Frank Baum named Oz after a file cabinet in his office. One cabinet was labeled A to N, and the second was labeled O to Z.

3809. Fact

An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

3810. Fact

The world's first chocolate candy was produced in 1828 by Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. Van Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce cocoa butter, to which he added cocoa powder and sugar.

3811. 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.

3812. Fact

The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.

3813. Fact

Australian Graham Barker extracted his own belly button fluff every day for 18 years acquiring a record-breaking amount of fluff. He hopes to accumulate enough fluff to stuff a pillow

3814. Fact

All nude people in your house must be registered in Kentucky.

3815. Fact

Adult bears can run as fast as horses.

3816. Fact

People will swallow about 8 spiders in their lifetime.

3817. Fact

During the Easter season, 600 million Marshmallow Peeps are bought my Americans. The Marshmallow Peep is the most popular Easter candy besides chocolate

3818. Fact

According to an Old English system of time units, a moment is considered to be one and a half minutes.

3819. Fact

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

3820. Fact

In1770, a bill proposing that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft was put forward to the British Parliament

3821. Fact

The famous Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) was a librarian for many years before he died

3822. Fact

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as isnecessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the ste of Virginia stillhad segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks andwhites.

3823. Fact

The word checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase Shah Mat, which means, The King Is Dead.

3824. Fact

The giraffe is the only animal born with horns.

3825. Fact

Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple

3826. Fact

The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie

3827. Fact

Storks were a symbol of fertility in Europe and were considered to bring good luck

3828. Fact

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

3829. Fact

The dimensions of a regulation football field are: 360 feet long and 160 feet wide.

3830. Fact

After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

3831. Fact

In North Dakota it is illegal to keep an elk in a sandbox in your backyard.

3832. Fact

Michelangelo painted only one easel picture.

3833. Fact

Per capita, the Irish eat more chocolate than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians.

3834. Fact

Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

3835. Fact

Ivory soap slogan 99-44/100% Pure was cleverly invented by Harley Proctor who with the help of chemists determined that Ivory soap was only 56/100 pure. Proctor simply subtracted 56 from 100 and came up with 99-44/100% Pure

3836. Fact

Cats' urine glows under a black light.

3837. Fact

In 1886, Coca-cola was first served at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia for only five cents a glass. A pharmacist named John Pemberton created the formula for Coca-cola

3838. Fact

At 4,145 miles, the Nile River is the longest in the world.

3839. Fact

In Brazil, Christmas is celebrated with fireworks.

3840. Fact

In 1900, coffee was often delivered door-to-door in the United States, by horse-pulled wagons.

3841. Fact

The S in Harry S Truman stands for nothing.

3842. Fact

It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to ride an ugly horse.

3843. Fact

The oldest dog died at the age of 29

3844. Fact

The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula

3845. Fact

Boy George used to go out with his drummer.

3846. Fact

Half of the entire species of Chameleons occur only in Madagascar, the rest occur in Southern Africa.

3847. Fact

Fleas are essential to the health of armadillos and hedgehogs; they provide necessary stimulation of the skin. Deloused armadillos and hedgehogs will die without them.

3848. Fact

The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump.

3849. Fact

In a University of Arizona study, rails and armsrests in public buses were found to be contaminated by the highest concentration of bodily fluids.

3850. Fact

The first chimpanzee to travel into space was named Ham. He got the name from the lab he was raised in, the Holloman AeroMedical laboratory in Alamogordo, NM. Ham flew in a Mercury space capsule in 1961. His trip proved that space travel was safe for humans.

3851. Fact

The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.

3852. Fact

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

3853. Fact

35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married.

3854. Fact

Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 people have been injured

3855. Fact

The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles.

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Nobel Prize : Physics
Year : 1973
Name : ivar giaever
Country : united states.
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Country : japan.
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