8787. Fact

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

8788. Fact

The total surface area of a pair of human lungs is equal to that of a tennis court.

8789. Fact

The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it.

8790. Fact

There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people

8791. Fact

In 1281, the Mongol army of Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan but were ravaged by a hurricane that destroyed their fleet

8792. Fact

On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation

8793. Fact

Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze

8794. Fact

Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana

8795. Fact

Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.

8796. Fact

Desert snails can stay in their shell for up to three years

8797. Fact

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye".

8798. Fact

Perfume contains ethyl alcohol and 25% fragrant oils. Cologne is cheaper to produce and to purchase because the oil content in cologne is only 3%. Cologne was named for the German city in which it was first produced. The original formula combined alcohol, lemon spirits, orange bitters and mint oil.

8799. Fact

The name Grey Poupon used for mustard comes from two people: Maurice Grey and Auguste Poupon. Grey was the inventor of a machine that mass produced fine textured mustard, and Poupon was an already established maker of mustard. In 1886 the Grey-Poupon firm was formed

8800. Fact

The famous Christmas song Jingle Bells was written for a Thanksgiving program in 1857 by James Pierpont. At the time, the song was called The One-Horse Open Sleigh.

8801. Fact

The leading cause of deaths for children between the ages of 1 and 4 are motor vehicle crashes

8802. Fact

La Paz, Bolivia is a virtually fireproof city. At an altitude of about 12,000 feet above sea level, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is barely able to support fire.

8803. Also known as

Original name : rajinder singh
Also known as : sparrow.

8804. Fact

Kissing helps prevent tooth decay

8805. Fact

The company Chanel claims that every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world, a bottle of Chanel No 5 is sold

8806. Also known as

Original name : otto von bismarck
Also known as : man of blood and iron; iron chancellor.

8807. Fact

Air is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person sneezes

8808. Fact

Ninety percent of the population has an innie belly button

8809. Also known as

Original name : madan mohan malaviya
Also known as : mahamana.

8810. Fact

Walt Disney got the idea for Mickey Mouse from watching mice play in a garage, where he was forced to work, because he could not afford to rent an art studio.

8811. Fact

18% of an Americans income is spent on transportation

8812. Fact

Twit is the name given for a pregnant goldfish

8813. Fact

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors

8814. Fact

The average American drinks 400 glasses of milk in a year

8815. Fact

When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.

8816. Fact

The silkworm consumes 86000 times its own weight in 56 days.

8817. Fact

Termites outnumber humans ten to one.

8818. Fact

The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court

8819. Fact

The average number of people that go to a party for the Super Bowl is 17

8820. Fact

Coney Island in New York got its name from rabbits. In early days it was overrun by rabbits, which were often referred to as coneys.

8821. Fact

In 1947, Toys for Tots started making the holidays a little happier for children by organizing its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.

8822. Fact

Two U.S. Presidents with the initials J.M. followed each other as president.

8823. Fact

In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more that a hundred years before either moon was discovered.

8824. Fact

In the United States, about 33% of land is covered by forests

8825. Fact

As a defense mechanism, the North American Opossum closes its eyes and becomes totally limp. Basically it plays dead

8826. Fact

President George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart in 1782. It's a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers.

8827. Fact

The blackberry bush is also called the bramble.

8828. Also known as

Original name : m.f. robespierre
Also known as : the incorruptible.

8829. Fact

In Canada, the $1 and $2 come in the form of coins. The $1 is nicknamed a loonie because it contains a loon on it and the $2 is nicknamed the twonie because it is the equivalent of two loonies.

8830. Fact

The rate of condom breakage is between 0.4% and 2.3%, while the rate of condom slippage is between 0.6% and 1.3%.

8831. Fact

The full name of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin is actually Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.

8832. Fact

Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.

8833. Fact

The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs

8834. Fact

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

8835. Fact

Fourteen years before the Titanic sank, novelist Morgan Robertson published a novel called Futility. The story was about an ocean liner that struck an iceberg on an April night. The name of the ship in his novel was The Titan.

8836. Fact

You sit on the biggest muscle in your body, the gluteus maximus a.k.a the butt. Each of the two cheeky muscles tips the scales at about two pounds (not including the overlying fat layer). The tiniest muscle, the stapedius of the middle ear, is just one-fifth of an inch long.

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