9014. Fact

More than 100 professional cyclists participate in the Tour de France every year and the race is over 3,200 kilometers

9015. Fact

Six eight-stud Lego pieces can be combined 102,981,500 ways.

9016. Also known as

Original name : dadabhai naoroji
Also known as : grand old man of india; father of indian politics and economics..

9017. Fact

There are at least two words in the English language that use all of the vowels, in the correct order, and end in the letter Y: abstemiously and facetiously.

9018. Fact

Kim Basinger fears large crowds. She even locked herself in her house for 4 months because of this fear.

9019. Fact

Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as corns of salt

9020. Also known as

Original name : c.f. andrews
Also known as : deenabandhu.

9021. Fact

Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.

9022. Fact

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes

9023. Fact

The average person ingests about a ton of food and drink each year.

9024. Fact

The numbers 172 can be found on the back of a US $5 bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln memorial.

9025. Fact

The G in 'g-string'stand for groin.

9026. Fact

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the two left-handed Beatles.

9027. Fact

Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.

9028. Also known as

Original name : bal gangadhar tilak
Also known as : lokmanya; father of indian unrest.

9029. Fact

5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US

9030. Fact

Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do

9031. Fact

Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century.

9032. Fact

¥ A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

9033. Fact

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska.

9034. Fact

Over-roasted coffee beans are very flammable during the roasting process.

9035. Fact

According to the 1900 U.S. Census, there were: 596,000 carpenters, 280,000 laundresses, 220,000 blacksmiths, 134,000 tailors, 102,000 shoemakers, 42,000 porters, 37,000 stonecutters, 25,000 millers, 8,000 bootblacks, and 7,000 furriers

9036. Fact

The geographic center of the United States is Smith County, KS. The geographic center of North America is Pierre County, ND.

9037. Fact

Stage bows were originally devised as a way for actors to thank the audience. The audience would or would not acknowledge each of the actors in turn, depending on how much they enjoyed the performance.

9038. Fact

The Mona Lisa, by daVinci, is 2'6 by 1'9.

9039. Fact

The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

9040. Fact

John Wayne's real name was Marion Michael Morrison.

9041. Fact

Ballroom dancing is a major at Brigham Young University.

9042. Fact

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana

9043. Fact

Hair and fingernails are made from the same substance, keratin

9044. Fact

More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year

9045. Fact

You may not sell your oragns in Indiana to cover travel expenses.

9046. Also known as

Original name : adolf hitler
Also known as : fuhrer (also fuehrer).

9047. Fact

The single highest temperature ever recorded in U.S. history was 134 degrees Fahrenheit. It was recorded in Greenland Ranch, CA on July 10, 1913. The lowest recorded temperature was minus 80 degrees on January 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek, AK.

9048. Fact

No president of the United States was an only child

9049. Fact

Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."

9050. Fact

Braces were first invented by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. The braces were made by a flat strip of metal, which was connected to the teeth by thread.

9051. Fact

The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word poppe, which means explosive sound

9052. Fact

About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.

9053. Fact

Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).

9054. Fact

There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists

9055. Fact

In October 1959 Elizabeth Taylor became the first Hollywood star to receive $1 million for a single picture. (for Cleopatra)

9056. Also known as

Original name : william ewart gladstone
Also known as : grand old man of british politics.

9057. Fact

Ants don't sleep.

9058. Fact

It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland.

9059. Fact

In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring

9060. Fact

In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs, and basketballs combined.

9061. Also known as

Original name : vinoba bhave
Also known as : acharya

9062. Fact

The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing

9063. Fact

In Wisconsin you are allowed to marry your house.

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