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.

8709. Also known as

Original name : william pitt
Also known as : the younger pitt, grand commoner

8710. Fact

The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 square feet.

8711. Fact

A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted

8712. Fact

The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.

8713. Fact

Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday. This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year

8714. Fact

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.

8715. Fact

Zero point energy is a source of energy which is released when atoms stop moving, at -273 Celcius.

8716. Fact

Sharks are so powerful that their bite can generate a force of up to 18 tons per square inch

8717. Fact

The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells

8719. Fact

In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.

8720. Fact

The Queen termite can live up to 50 years and have 30,000 children every day.

8721. Also known as

Original name : v.m. basheer
Also known as : sultan of beypore.

8722. Fact

George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration

8723. Fact

In the United States, approximately 25,000 eye injuries occur that result in the person becoming totally blind

8724. Fact

The world's tallest mountains, the Himalayas, are also the fastest growing. Their growth about half an inch a year is caused by the pressure exerted by two of Earth's continental plates (the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate) pushing against one another.

8725. Fact

The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.

8726. Fact

Chewing gum was created by the Mayans over 300 years ago. They boiled the sap of the sapodilla tree and chewed it.

8727. Fact

Insects shiver when they're cold.

8728. Fact

The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet

8729. Fact

In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.

8730. Fact

Research show that only 43% of homemade dinners served in the US include vegetables.

8731. Fact

Lightning strikes the Empire States Building about seven times a year

8732. Fact

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.

8733. Fact

In their lifetime, house cats spend approximately 10,950 hours purring

8734. Fact

The MGM lion, whose name was Leo, lived in Memphis until his death

8735. Fact

Some horticulturists suspect that the banana was the earth's first fruit. Banana plants have been in cultivation since the time of recorded history. One of the first records of bananas dates back to Alexander the Great's conquest of India where he first discovered bananas in 327 B.C.

8736. Fact

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

8737. Fact

In the game Monopoly, the space on which a player has the greatest statistical chance of landing is Illinois Avenue.

8738. Fact

Mickey Mouse is known as 'Topolino' in Italy.

8739. Fact

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects'legs in it.

8740. Fact

Astronomers once believed a planet named Vulcan existed between Mercury and the Sun

8741. Fact

Pikeville, Kentucky consumes the most Pepsi per capita then any other American city

8742. Fact

John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA.

8743. Fact

A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.

8744. Fact

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number theotherchannel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, butnochannel 1.

8745. Also known as

Original name : tushar kanti ghosh
Also known as : grand old man of indian journalism.

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