Fact Book

The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.

The expression cooked al dente means to the tooth. What this means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but should also be tender

4293. Fact

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city.

4294. Fact

The elephant, as a symbol of the US Republican Party, was originated by cartoonist Thomas Nast and first presented in 1874.

4295. Fact

In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.

4296. Fact

About 55% of all movies are rated R.

4297. Fact

In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls

4298. Fact

If the coils of a French horn were straightened out, the instrument would be 22 feet long.

4299. Fact

John Tyler was the first president to be married in office on June 26, 1844.

4300. Fact

Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls appeared for sale in the June 1, 1954 issue of the Wall Street Journal

4301. Fact

Danishes are called Vienna cakes in Denmark, and Spanish rice is unknown in Spain.

4302. Fact

The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long.

4303. Fact

For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006)

4304. Fact

A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days

4305. Fact

Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.

4306. Fact

There is no alcohol left in food that's cooked with wine. The alcohol evaporates at 172 degrees Fahrenheit.

4307. Fact

Salt caravans crossing the Sahara desert sometimes numbered as many as 40,000 camels.

4308. Fact

Scientists say that babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed

4309. Fact

Korea's poshintang dog meat soup is a popular item on summertime menus, despite outcry from other nations. The soup is believed to cure summer heat ailments and improve women's complexions.

4310. Fact

An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.

4311. Fact

The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces

4312. Fact

For every 'normal'webpage, there are five porn pages.

4313. Fact

Married men tip better than unmarried men

4314. Fact

If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.

4315. Fact

One penny doubled everyday becomes over 5 million dollars in just 30 days.

4316. Fact

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

4317. Fact

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world

4318. Fact

The world's smallest independent state is the Vatican City, with a population of about 1,000 and a zero birthrate.

4319. Fact

During World War II the U.S. government used 260 million pounds of instant coffee.

4320. Fact

To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times

4321. Fact

The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.

4322. Fact

Blood is such a good stain that Native Americans used it for paint

4323. Fact

A hardboiled egg will spin. An uncooked or softboiled egg will not.

4324. Fact

Every man in Brainerd, Minnesota is required by law to grow a beard.

4325. Fact

The average city dog lives three years longer than the average country dog.

4326. Fact

The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair

4327. Fact

The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that was used for drying hair

4328. Fact

Every three seconds, a new baby is born.

4329. Fact

If a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one

4330. Fact

One billion pounds of pasta would need approximately 2,021,452,000 gallons of water to cook it. This is equivalent to 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools

4331. Fact

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

4332. Fact

Galileo became totally blind shortly before his death.

4333. Fact

Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race

4334. Fact

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

4335. Fact

The appliance that uses the most use of water in the home is the toilet

4336. Fact

Italy now has over 200,000 coffee bars, and still growing.

4337. Fact

A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth.

4338. Fact

There's enough water preassure in one onion cell to cause a steam engine to explode.

4339. Bharat Ratna

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