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

9595. Fact

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out

9596. Fact

Neck ties were first worn in Croatia.

9597. Fact

Celery does make you lose calories, it doesn't have a special chemical to do so but it has no calories so the chewing burns the calories burned.

9598. Fact

The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.

9599. Fact

The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

9600. Fact

Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own Parma ham and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)

9601. Fact

In Australia, a dust-devil is called a willy-willy

9602. Fact

With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches

9603. Fact

In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the opera.

9604. Fact

Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930

9605. Fact

In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck.

9606. Fact

Human fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails

9607. Fact

Watermelons grown along the Tigris River have been known to reach as much as 275 pounds.

9608. Fact

There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America

9609. Fact

US presidents who served an entire term without a vice president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur.

9610. Fact

Latte is the Italian word for milk. So if you request a latte' in Italy, you'll be served milk.

9611. Fact

The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people

9612. Fact

There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone

9613. Fact

In 1964, University of Oregon grad student Carolyn Davidson designed what became known as the Nike swoosh; for a mere $35. She did it four years after Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue Ribbon Sports.

9614. Fact

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

9615. Also known as

Original name : shakti chattapadhyaya
Also known as : robert frost of west bengal.

9616. Fact

At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union.

9617. Fact

A car traveling 100 m.p.h. would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

9618. Fact

The period between midnight and dawn is the best time to look for shooting stars. On a normal night you can see between five and ten an hour. In a desert, you can see one every eight minutes.

9619. Fact

Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old

9620. Fact

On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day

9621. Fact

During the holiday season, approximately $220 million worth of Poinsettias are sold

9622. Fact

The gila monster is the only poisonous lizard in the United States.

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