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.

9211. Fact

DC-10, the name of an airplane stands for Douglas Commercial.

9212. Fact

The father of Dave Matthews was one of the original fathers of the super conductor (died of lung cancer when dave was 10 [was a non-smoker])

9213. Fact

In 2001, the five most valuable brand names in order were Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, and Nokia

9214. Fact

Termites have been around for over 250 million years

9215. Fact

Rice paper isn't made from rice but from a small tree which grows in Taiwan.

9216. Fact

In the year 1790, there were two firsts in the United States; the first wholesale coffee roasting company, and the first newspaper advertisement featuring coffee.

9217. Fact

There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle

9218. Fact

The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations

9219. Fact

Check your map. Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.

9220. Fact

Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites

9221. Fact

The vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

9222. Fact

In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.

9223. Fact

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm........won't go there.)

9224. Fact

Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales

9225. Fact

In Texas criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

9226. Fact

Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries

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