8960. Fact

To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

8961. Fact

Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste

8962. Fact

The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.

8963. Fact

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands.

8964. Fact

Mexican Jumping Beans jump because of moth larvae inside them.

8965. Also known as

Original name : gurcharan singh
Also known as : ground old man of indian pottery, daddyji..

8966. Fact

In Tulsa, Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law).

8967. Also known as

Original name : geoffrey chaucer
Also known as : father of english poetry..

8968. Fact

A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

8969. Fact

The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants

8970. Fact

Native Indians have been known to paint their doors blue, which they believe keeps the bad spirits out

8971. Fact

In seventy-five years the human heart pumps 3,122,000,000 gallons of blood, enough to fill in oil tanker over 46 times.

8972. Fact

Up until the early 20th century, New Jersey and Wisconsin had laws allowing the castration of epileptics

8973. Fact

The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.

8974. Fact

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once wore a Nazi uniform while acting in a film during his Hollywood days. The name of the movie was Desperate Journey, which was filmed in 1942

8975. Fact

Before soccer referees started using whistles in 1878, they used to rely on waving a handkerchief

8976. Fact

A pole vaulter, when he lands, may absorb up to 20,000 pounds of pressure per square inch on the joints of his tubular thigh bones.

8977. Fact

It was the left shoe that Cinderella lost at the stairway, when the prince tried to follow her. It was originally the right.

8978. Fact

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

8979. Fact

Most dinosaurs walked on their toes.

8980. Fact

Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nicholas who brings presents to children on New Year's Eve.

8981. Fact

The first bath tub to be installed in the white house was during the time of Millard Fillmore.

8982. Fact

The word Checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase Shah Mat, which means the king (shah) is dead (mat).

8983. Fact

A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet

8984. Fact

The first company that Bill Gates ever ran created machines that would record the number of cars passing a given point on a street.

8985. Fact

Kikkoman soy sauce was originated in 1630 in Japan.

8986. Also known as

Original name : ernest rutherford
Also known as : father of nuclear physics..

8987. Also known as

Original name : dwight david eisenhower
Also known as : lke.

8988. Fact

Male lions somtimes kill their own kids if they seem like a threat or take the attention of their mate.

8989. Fact

Badgers and coyotes hunt ground squirrels together. The badger tracks the squirrel and digs into its tunnels, and the coyote catches it when it tries to escape.

8990. Fact

The Golden Gate Bridge was first opened in 1937

8991. Fact

The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word Qutun.

8992. Fact

The word 'set'has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

8993. Fact

Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States

8994. Fact

Chinese Crested dogs can get acne

8995. Fact

The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens

8996. Fact

Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE

8997. Fact

Singapore has only one train station.

8998. Fact

Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.

8999. Fact

Some Chinese chopsticks contain gold as on of their materials

9000. Fact

The only state to grow pineapples is Hawaii

9001. Fact

Laika the dog, was the first living thing which was sent to space.

9002. Fact

About 10% of the 100,000 thunderstorms that occur in the USA every year are classified as severe.

9003. Fact

Some farmers in Japan have learned to grow their watermelons into a square shape. They did this to conserve shelf space

9004. Fact

There is a city called Rome in every continent.

9005. Fact

The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.

9006. Fact

On average a person passes gas 14 times a day

9007. Fact

The meaning of Siberia is sleeping land.

9008. Fact

On average, every American consumes 109 pounds of beef a year.

9009. Fact

The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes

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