9161. Also known as

Original name : salim ali
Also known as : the birdman of india

9162. Fact

The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.

9163. Fact

The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats

9164. Fact

The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796

9165. Fact

First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

9166. Fact

The average flea can jump up to 350 times its own length. To match that a human would have to jump 1,000 feet.

9167. Fact

In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

9168. Fact

Sales of Rolaids, Alka-Seltzer, and Tums jump 20% in December "

9169. Fact

It has been proven that feathers directly evolved from reptiles' scales. Therefore, birds came after reptiles.

9170. Fact

There was a molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people

9171. Fact

Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and many other famous vocalists got their start in a New York City club called The Continental Baths.

9172. Fact

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the American Pie. (Thus the nameof the Don McLean song.)

9173. Fact

The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo.

9174. Fact

In 1998, Ten Speed Press publishing company published a book, The Eat A Bug Cookbook by David George Gordon that contains over 33 bug recipes

9175. Fact

Radio and TV producer John Guedel was the originator of the musical commercial.

9176. Fact

In 1879 during the term of Rutherford B. Hayes the first telephone was installed in the White House.

9177. Fact

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.

9178. Fact

The only word in the English language to contain three back to back double letter combinations is; Bookkeeper.

9179. Fact

In the Great Fire of London in 1666, only six people were killed

9180. Fact

Teflon is the slipperiest substance in the world.

9181. Fact

Coffee beans aren't beans; they are fruit pits

9182. Fact

The game rugby was originated at Rugby school located in England in 1823. This happened when William Webb Ellis, while playing soccer, picked the ball up in his hands and started running with it

9183. Fact

The average French citizen eats 500 snails per year.

9184. Fact

That white, powdery stuff on the wings of moths is actually the way moths dispose of waste.

9185. Fact

Your brain will stop growing in size when you are about 15 years old.

9186. Fact

Mr. Butts invented the game SCRABBLE. The game was originally called Criss Cross Words.

9187. Fact

Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.

9188. Fact

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac

9189. Fact

On average, a Canadian girl owns seven Barbie dolls, whereas an American girl owns eight

9190. Fact

During World War II, the 2nd Polish Corps had a brown bear named Wojtek, who helped move boxes of ammunition during the battle of Monte Cassino

9191. Fact

Colonel Sanders original white suit was auctioned off for $80,000 in February 2002

9192. Fact

In Gabon, there are several 1.8 billion years old natural nuclear reactors.

9193. Fact

Approximately 125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods each year

9194. Fact

Cast iron skillets used to be the leading source of iron in the American diet.

9195. Fact

Pablo Picasso has sold more works of art individually costing over one million dollars than any other artist. His 211 is well ahead of the 168 for Pierre Auguste Renoir.

9196. Fact

A pineapple is a berry.

9197. Fact

The first city in America to have a TV station was: Schenectady, NY.

9198. Fact

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. The whole country is only 108.7 acres, with a population of just 1,000 (approx.).

9199. Fact

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

9200. Fact

The most expensive shoes in the world are ruby slippers located in Harrods in London, which cost $1.6 million, has a full time security guard. The shoes are made from platinum thread and has 642 rubies in them. It took over 700 hours to produce the shoe

9201. Fact

Over half the textile fibers that are used in the world are cotton

9202. Fact

Chris Ford of the the Boston Celtics sank the NBA's first three-point shot in 1979.

9203. Fact

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine

9204. Fact

The size of a raindrop is around 0.5 mm - 2.5 mm, and they fall from the sky on average 21 feet per second.

9205. Also known as

Original name : richard cobden
Also known as : apostle of free trade

9206. Fact

You can now buy a coffin which can be used as a wine rack, table, and/or bookcase before you are buried in it.

9207. Fact

An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year

9208. Fact

¥ Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the

9209. Fact

Moon was Buzz Aldrins mothers maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon).

9210. Fact

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

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