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

9254. Fact

There are only four words in the English language which end in

9255. Fact

A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.

9256. Fact

Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

9257. Also known as

Original name : m.s. golwalkar
Also known as : guruji

9258. Fact

The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose

9259. Fact

The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour

9260. Fact

The 1st US federal penitentiary building was completed at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1906.

9261. Fact

Lightning strikes the Earth 100 times every second, from the 1,800 thunderstorms in progress at any given moment.

9262. Fact

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

9263. Fact

Superman The Escape rollercoaster, located in California at Six Flags Magic Mountain, goes from 0 to 100 miles per hour in only 7 seconds

9264. Fact

On a ship a toilet is called a head

9265. Fact

When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop, even your heart.

9266. Fact

4% of an apples is made up of minerals and vitamins, and over 80% is made up of water

9267. Fact

Other than abstinence, there is no such thing as perfect contraception.

9268. Fact

The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.

9269. Fact

On average 1,668 gallons of water are used by each person in the United States daily

9270. Fact

From 1526 to 1707, the first six Mogul emperors of India ruled in unbroken succession from father to son

9271. Fact

The destruction of the Berlin Wall began when private citizens began to demolish entire sections of the Wall without interference from government officials on November 9, 1989

9272. Fact

The tip of the hour hand on your watch travels at a speed of 0.00000275 miles per hour.

9273. Fact

In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors

9274. Fact

In the United States there are about three million honey producing colonies

9275. Fact

There was an army general during the Liberia Civil War who used to lead his army into battle naked. His nickname was General Butt Naked. Joshua Milton Blahyi (his real name) is now an evangelical preacher in Monrovia

9276. Fact

The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war

9277. Fact

The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388.

9278. Fact

Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.

9279. Fact

The prostate gland is one of the organs that contributes fluid to semen.

9280. Fact

In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death

9281. Fact

In a deck of cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.

9282. Fact

There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body

9283. Fact

Slugs have 4 noses

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