9467. Fact

Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan worked as a lifeguard in his youth at a beach near Dixon, Illinois and saved over 77 lives

9468. Fact

In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch

9469. Fact

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day

9470. Fact

Playwright Shakespeare was only 18 years old when he married Ann Hathaway, who was 26 years old at the time

9471. Fact

The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS.

9472. Fact

On average, a whole chicken from the grocery store weighs 3 pounds 12 ounces

9473. Fact

The Coca Cola company offers more than 300 different beverages

9474. Fact

IBM introduced their first personal computer in 1981.

9475. Fact

Nondairy creamer is flammable.

9476. Fact

If the entire population of the world were moved to Texas, it would still be less densely populated than New York City.

9477. Fact

The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes

9478. Fact

Vermont, admitted as the 14th state in 1791, was the 1st addition to the original 13 colonies.

9479. Fact

Approximately 100,000 people get married in Las Vegas each year

9480. Fact

Radio code Wilco (as in Roger Wilco) is short for Will Comply.

9481. Also known as

Original name : eivis presley
Also known as : elvis the pelvis

9482. Fact

38% of Americans eat breakfast everyday

9483. Also known as

Original name : duke of wellington
Also known as : iron duke.

9484. Fact

A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905. updated

9485. Fact

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider.

9486. Fact

The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee

9487. Fact

In York, Pennsylvania, you can't sit down while watering your lawn with a hose.

9488. Fact

The odds of having quadruplets are 1 in 729,000

9489. Fact

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London

9490. Fact

Female and male black bears cannot tolerate being around each other except when they breed

9491. Fact

The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots.

9492. Fact

The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.

9493. Fact

In the last three centuries, 90% of all people living in the Western world have switched from tea to coffee.

9494. Fact

Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

9495. Fact

Talc was used by cavemen 15,000 years ago as an ingredient added to make paint

9496. Fact

The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.

9497. Fact

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables

9498. Fact

Probably the best known multiple meaning is the hebrew word SHALOM which means, alternately, hello, good-bye, and peace.

9499. Fact

Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

9500. Fact

Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would prove their vitality

9501. Fact

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).

9502. Fact

The world record frog jump is 33 feet 5.5 inches over the course of 3 consecutive leaps, achieved in May 1977 by a South African sharp-nosed frog called Santjie.

9503. Fact

In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home

9504. Fact

There have been fewer people below 2km in the sea than have been on the moon.

9505. Also known as

Original name : chittaranjan das
Also known as : deshbandhu

9506. Fact

A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows

9507. Fact

The first U.S. patent for an animal was issued to Harvard University in 1988 for an oncomouse, a genetically engineered mouse that's susceptible to breast cancer. It's used to test anti-cancer therapies.

9508. Also known as

Original name : c. rajagopalachari
Also known as : c.r. rajaji

9509. Fact

The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away

9510. Fact

Jim Bristoe, an American, invented a 30-foot-long, 2-ton pumpkin cannon that can fire pumpkins up to five miles.

9511. Fact

Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.

9512. Fact

A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school

9513. Fact

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

9514. Fact

A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour

9515. Fact

The longest railway in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad, built 1891-1916, a network of railways connecting European Russia with Russian Far East provinces. It is 9,288.2 kilometres (5,787 miles) long and spans 8 time zones.

9516. Fact

Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living

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