9545. Fact

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is

9546. Fact

The hormone replacement drug Premarin is made from the urine of pregnant horses

9547. Fact

Wherever a person is standing in the state of Michigan in the United States, they are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes

9548. Fact

The 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles was the first time the three-level winner's stand was used for the medal ceremony.

9549. Fact

Baseball was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated

9550. Fact

Bunny rabbits poop almost every time they hop around in a newly-explored area.

9551. Fact

An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long.

9552. Also known as

Original name : walter scott
Also known as : wizard of the north

9553. Fact

If you chew a cabbage/lettuce leaf properly, you'll lose more energy than you'll gain from actually eating it.

9554. Also known as

Original name : vallabhbhai patel
Also known as : iron man of india, bismarck of india.

9555. Fact

To make one pound of butter, 29 cups of milk are needed

9556. Fact

An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years.

9557. Fact

The word nerd was first coined by Dr. Suess in the book If I Ran to the Zoo.

9558. Fact

Michael Jordan has more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

9559. Fact

For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier

9560. Fact

The cartoon character Popeye was actually based on a real person named Frank Rocky Fiegel who was a tough guy who was quite similar to Popeye physically

9561. Fact

The Ice Cream cone was invented in the summer of 1904 by Charles Menches. It made its debut one year later at the St. Louis World Fair

9562. Fact

It is impossible to sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time.

9563. Fact

A new book is published every 13 minutes in America.

9564. Fact

Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms

9565. Fact

The laundry detergent Tide, has a market share of about forty percent market

9566. Fact

It would take about fourteen and half million notes of currency to build a mile high stack

9567. Fact

The total number of episodes for the sitcom I Love Lucy was 180

9568. Also known as

Original name : thomas cook
Also known as : father of modern tourism

9569. Fact

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket

9570. Fact

Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian'spelled backwards is 'naive'.

9571. Fact

The amount of drag or air resistance produced by putting your bicycle on top of your car is so great that on a trip from England to Scotland it would be cheaper to send it by train because of the fuel consumption to overcome the drag.

9572. Fact

Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

9573. Fact

New Hampshire's license plates are stamped with the motto Live Free Or Die. They are made by prison inmates.

9574. Fact

There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue

9575. Also known as

Original name : st. nicholas
Also known as : santa claus

9576. Also known as

Original name : t.t. krishnamachari
Also known as : t.t.k.'

9577. Fact

The first percussion instrument introduced to an orchestra was the kettledrums, then called the timpani, in the 1600s.

9578. Fact

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 milesper year.

9579. Fact

The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh)

9580. Fact

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles

9581. Fact

Flu shots only work about 70% of the time

9582. Fact

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

9583. Fact

American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters

9584. Fact

The world's longest name is: Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver

9585. Fact

Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men

9586. Fact

The way that prostitutes got the nickname Hooker was because of a general of the Civil War. General Hooker would keep a number of prostitutes to follow his army and keep his men's moral up. The prostitutes were referred to as Hooker's brigade.

9587. Fact

Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans

9588. Fact

The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days

9589. Fact

Sharks can sense a drop of blood from a mile away

9590. Fact

The only countries in the world with one syllable in their names are Chad, France, Greece, and Spain.

9591. Fact

In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners

9592. Fact

The magnetic North Pole shifts by about 7 meters a day.

9593. Fact

If the information contained in the DNA could be written down, it would fill a 1000 volume encyclopedia.

9594. Fact

Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century

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