4663. Fact

Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

4664. Fact

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum

4665. Fact

The name for the middle part of the nose (the part that separates the nostrils) is called a chaffanue.

4666. Fact

Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour

4667. Fact

February 17th, 1930, was the first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis

4668. Fact

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

4669. Fact

Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.)

4670. Fact

The body of the average baby is 75% water

4671. Fact

The name of the Russian space station, Mir, means peace.

4672. Fact

Annually 7 million tons of textiles and clothing is thrown out. Out of this, only 12% is used again or recycled

4673. Fact

'Bimbo'is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.

4674. Fact

Adult movie star, Ron Jeremy, has a master's degree in Special Education.

4675. Fact

The deepest land point on Earth is the area around the Dead Sea in Israel. The Dead Sea is located 1,312 below sea level.

4676. Fact

If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, Nebraska his or her parents may be arrested.

4677. Fact

The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years

4678. Fact

In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometres per hour.

4679. Fact

You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.

4680. Fact

Did you know a tuna called the 'Blue Fin' tuna can be sold for over $20,000 around the world?

4681. Fact

In the United States, poisoning is the fourth leading cause of death among children

4682. Fact

Eleanor Roosevelt wrote David O. Selznick to ask that her maid, Lizzy McDuffy, be considered for the role of Mammy in Gone With the Wind.

4683. Fact

Donkeys are commonly used by the Iraqi Military to launch rockets.

4684. Fact

There are bananas called Red banana that are maroon to dark purple when ripe

4685. Fact

Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest

4686. Fact

Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute

4687. Fact

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).

4688. Fact

Heat is better retained in moist air than in dry air,which is why tropical nights are warm and desert nights are cold.

4689. Fact

It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times

4690. Fact

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

4691. Fact

A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.

4692. Fact

The 1st televised presidential debate was September 26, 1960, between Nixon and Kennedy.

4693. Fact

The music band UB40 got its name from an unemployment form in England

4694. Fact

Blue and fin whales can create the loudest sound by animals ever recorded; sounds that have more energy than jet plane noise.

4695. Fact

It is impossible to land on planet Jupiter because scientists believe that below all the gases and liquid there is a center [core] which is made up of small ball of pressurized iron, but it is impossible to tell for sure.

4696. Fact

William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say hell as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.

4697. Fact

The word karate means empty hand.

4698. Fact

During Hell Week (the most grueling portion of training) the trainees get 4 hours of sleep.

4699. Animal Facts

The geographic tree frog can change its eyes from brown to patterned to help it camouflage itself in trees.

4700. Animal Facts

Crocodiles carry their young around in their mouths.

4701. Fact

Elvis Presley got a 'C'in his eighth grade music class.

4702. Fact

One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.

4703. Fact

Ketchup was once sold as a patented medicine. In the 1830s it was marketed in the United States as Dr. Miles's Compound Extract of Tomato.

4704. Fact

Irish cream and Hazelnut are the most popular whole bean coffee flavorings.

4705. Fact

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.

4706. Fact

The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.

4707. Fact

Vaseline was created by Robert Chesebrough in 1870. He developed it after visiting Titusville, PA in 1859. While there he noticed that workers were treating cuts and burns with grease that accumulated on drill rods from the oil fields.

4708. Fact

The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and 1 inch in thick.

4709. Fact

Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating

4710. Fact

To avoid long encounters with the press, President Ronald Reagan often took reporters' questions with his helicopter roaring in the background.

4711. Fact

On average, falling asleep while driving results in 550 accidents per day in the United States

4712. Fact

About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

Element
Element : krypton
Symbol : kr
Atomic no. : 36
Melting Point (deg c) : -157.38
Boiling Point (deg c) : -153.22
Discoverer : ramsay and travers (1898)      .. More >>