9413. Fact

Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000

9414. Fact

You speak about 4,800 words per day.

9415. Fact

An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.

9416. Fact

There are more kinds of bacteria in your mouth then there are people in the world.

9417. Fact

The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port.

9418. Fact

The first suburban shopping mall was opened in 1922 by National Department Stores in Saint Louis.

9419. Fact

A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery

9420. Fact

There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon

9421. Also known as

Original name : herodotus
Also known as : father of history

9422. Fact

The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q'is the least used.

9423. Fact

Author Dr. Seuss wrote the book Green Eggs and Ham because the editor made him a bet that he could not write a book, which contained less than fifty words

9424. Fact

In Chinese, the words 'crisis' and 'opportunity' are the same.

9425. Also known as

Original name : giovanni baccaccio
Also known as : father of the novel

9426. Fact

Playing cards in India are round.

9427. Fact

Most lipstick have fish scales

9429. Fact

The first fashion house to be set up was in 1858 by Charles Worth. He opened his store in Paris with the idea of having pre-made gowns presented on models to his customers

9430. Fact

On average, 749 pounds of paper products is used by an American individual annually

9431. Fact

The word umbrella is derived from the Latin root word umbra, which means shade or shadow

9432. Fact

The horse shoe crab has blue blood which can be used to kill bacteria

9433. Fact

The state official motto of Alaska is North to the Future

9434. Fact

The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada

9435. Fact

The rarest chocolate bar in the world is the Porcelana bar. There are only 20,000 of these bars produced a year, and they sell for $90 per pound

9436. Fact

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper right-hand corner of the 1 encased in the shield and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner

9437. Fact

In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married

9438. Fact

Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

9439. Fact

It was the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, CT, whose name and lightweight pie tins gave birth to the modern Frisbee.

9440. Fact

Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards

9441. Fact

A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.

9442. Fact

There are 5 calories in a teaspoon of semen.

9443. Also known as

Original name : florence nightingale
Also known as : lady with the lamp.

9444. Fact

The training mantra of the SEALs is, 'The only easy day was yesterday.'

9445. Fact

In L.A., U.S.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide

9446. Fact

The Gastric Flu can cause projectile vomiting

9447. Fact

Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry

9448. Fact

There are a million ants for every person on Earth.

9449. Fact

To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed

9450. Fact

When potatoes were brought from South America over to Spain, it took about 200 years before it was recognized as a food.

9451. Fact

Richard Henry and Francis Lightfoot Lee are the only brothers who signed the Declaration of Independence. Their cousin, Henry Lee, was a famous Revolutionary War commander and the father of General Robert E. Lee.

9452. Fact

There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball

9453. Fact

Pearls melt in vinegar

9454. Fact

In a lifetime, an average man will shave 20,000 times

9455. Fact

When Thomas Edison died in 1941; Henry Ford captured his last dying breath in a bottle.

9456. Fact

Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War

9457. Fact

A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds

9458. Fact

The world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.

9459. Fact

Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people

9460. Fact

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

9461. Fact

According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year

9462. Fact

Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed

9463. Fact

Watermelon is grown in over 96 countries worldwide. Over 1,200 varieties of watermelon are grown worldwide. There are about 200 varieties of watermelon throughout the US.

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