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

9227. Fact

A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats

9228. Fact

John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.

9229. Fact

In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other

9230. Fact

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight.

9231. Fact

Rabbits have three eyelids, they also are incapable of burping or farting.

9232. Fact

The Looney Tunes song is actually called The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.

9233. Fact

Ronald Reagan married his first wife, Jane Wyman, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

9234. Also known as

Original name : rabindranath tagore
Also known as : gurudev

9235. Fact

The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people

9236. Fact

The word 'gymnasium'comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"

9237. Fact

Human birth control pills work on gorillas

9238. Fact

The weddell seal, can travel underwater for seven hours without surfacing.

9239. Fact

Hippopotamus means river horse.

9240. Fact

In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

9241. Fact

The thing that hangs from the top of the beak of a turkey is called the snood

9242. Fact

The most widely culticated fruit in the world is the Apple.The second is the Pear.

9243. Fact

Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced

9244. Fact

The average person burns 26 calories when kissing for a minute.

9245. Fact

The liquid inside coconuts can be used as blood plasma substitutes.

9246. Fact

In German, eins and acht are the only numbers with their letters in alphabetical order.

9247. Also known as

Original name : napoleon bonaparte
Also known as : little corporol; man of density.

9248. Fact

When Christopher Columbus and crew landed in the New World they observed the natives using a nose pipe to smoke a strange new herb. The pipe was called a tabaka by the locals, hence our word tobacco.

9249. Fact

Born on November 2, 1718, British politician, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, is credited with naming the 'sandwich.' He developed a habit of eating beef between slice of toast so he could continue to play cards uninterrupted.

9250. Fact

A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour

9251. Fact

More than 400,000 U.S. houses still lack indoor plumbing.

9252. Fact

An American cow called Fawn was not afraid of flying. In May 1963, she was swept up by a tornado and carried half a mile, only to land safely in another farmer's field. Five years later, another tornado carried her over a bus. She survived this too, and lived to the ripe old age of 25.

9253. Fact

Cataloupes are named after the gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy where some belive this melon was first grown

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