8659. Fact

A Canadian Tour company offers a two-day course in igloo building

8660. Fact

Earthworms have five hearts

8661. Fact

In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa

8662. Fact

People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark.

8663. Fact

The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck.

8664. Fact

Tortoises drink water through their noses.

8665. Fact

In New Mexico, over eleven thousand people have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it

8666. Fact

The Bible was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ.

8667. Fact

Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids

8668. Fact

In a survey conducted in 2000 by Kimberly-Clark, it was found that men prefer to fold their toilet paper, and women like to wad it

8669. Animal Facts

The glass frog has a transparent body – its blood vessels, stomach and beating heart are all visible.

8670. Fact

US gold coins used to say In Gold We Trust.

8671. Fact

People drank gold powder mixed in with water in medieval Europe to relieve pain from sore limbs.

8672. Fact

A female swine or sow will always have an even number of teats or nipples.

8673. Fact

In a year, about 90 million jars of Skippy Peanut Butter are sold. This works out to three jars sold every second

8674. Fact

There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States. Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.

8675. Fact

The chow-chow and the Chinesse Shar-Pei are the only dogs that have a black tongue. The tongues of all other dogs are pink.

8676. Fact

A 'jiffy'is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second

8677. Fact

There was once a town in West Virginia called 6.

8678. Fact

In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.

8679. Fact

It's impossible to lick your elbow.

8680. Fact

Steve McQueen persuaded his karate teacher, kickboxing champion Chuck Norris, to pursue acting.

8681. Fact

Detroit policeman William L. Potts is credited with inventing the modern street traffic light in 1920. He worked out an electric light system that allowed him to control three street intersections from one tower He picked the red, yellow and green because railroads used them.

8682. Animal Facts

The pearl fish swims into a sea cucumber's anus and lives inside it in the day time, coming out at night.The sea cucumber breathes through its anus, so can't keep the fish out!

8683. Fact

According to Bristol zoo, the Howler monkey's growl is so loud, it can be heard 5km (3.3 miles) away.

8684. Fact

97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine

8685. Fact

When Sony introduced the walkman, it had a variety of different names in different countries. It was called Soundabout in the U.S., Stowaway in the U.K., and Freestyle in Australia

8686. Fact

Jergens Lotion was created by Andrew Jergens, a former lumberjack, in 1880.

8687. Fact

The naked recreation and travel industry has grown by 233% in the past decade

8688. Fact

Nearly 400 cocoa beans are required to make a pound of chocolate liquor, the semi-liquid mass produced by grinding the beans. A non-alcoholic substance, chocolate liquor is the basis of all chocolate and cocoa products.

8689. Fact

The tomato is not just a fruit, but it is a berry along with the cucumber, squash, and melon.

8690. Fact

One out of four American households own a cat

8691. Fact

Every year, 50,000,000 automobiles are produced in the world.

8692. Fact

The average elephant produces 50 pounds of dung each day.

8693. Fact

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

8694. Fact

When Saigon fell, the signal for all Americans to evacuate was Bing Crosby's White Christmas being played on the radio.

8695. Fact

Ben Franklin invented crop insurance.

8696. Fact

The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer

8697. Fact

On the old Canadian 2 dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is NOT an American flag.

8698. Fact

In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the United States. Of those, close to half were for marijuana

8699. Fact

There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.

8700. Fact

Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays

8701. Fact

Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession.

8702. Also known as

Original name : william shakespeare
Also known as : bard of avon.

8703. Fact

The average litter of Mexican wolves is between four and seven pups.

8704. Fact

When the income tax first started in 1861, the maximum tax was 3%.

8705. Fact

The 'vintage date'on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

8706. Fact

The largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)

8707. Fact

The American Airlines Sports Center, in Dallas, has most toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the USA

8708. Fact

The most expensive book or manuscript ever sold at an auction was The Codex Hammer, a notebook belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. It sold for $30.8 million.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Physics
Year : 1955
Name : polykarp kusch
Country : united states.
Name : willis e. lamb
Country : united states.      .. More >>