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.

9624. Fact

The reason the soft drink Dr Pepper is called that is because the inventor Wade Morrison named it after Dr. Charles Pepper who had given him his first job

9625. Fact

If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times

9626. Fact

A newborn expels its own body weight in waste every 60 hours.

9627. Fact

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints.

9628. Fact

Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.

9629. Fact

Jamaica Blue Mountain is often regarded as the best coffee in the world.

9630. Fact

Most-visited presidential grave: John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The only other president buried in Arlington: William Howard Taft.

9631. Fact

People sneeze at about 90 miles per hour.

9632. Fact

The silhouette on the MLB logo is Harmon Killebrew.

9633. Fact

The iron disulfide (Pyrite) is considered fool's gold because it looks very similar to gold.

9634. Fact

Tiger Woods is the only person to hold all four major championships at one time, although it did not happen in the calendar year. He also currently holds the scoring record for all four majors.

9635. Fact

Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia

9636. Fact

The Cannes Film Festival was conceived in 1938 by two French journalists while they were traveling by train to the Venice Film Festival.

9637. Fact

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne

9638. Fact

The complete works of Shakespeare can be stored on 5 Megabytes.

9639. Fact

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback.

9640. Fact

¥ Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

9641. Fact

Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War

9642. Fact

An owl has three eyelids

9643. Fact

898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.

9644. Fact

The world camel population is close to 19 million

9645. Fact

Sea water is approximately 3.5 percent salt.

9646. Fact

Pineapples were first introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus

9647. Fact

Some African tribes refer to themselves as motherhoods instead of families

9648. Fact

In 1988, the largest ice cream sundae in history was made. It was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and weighed in at over 24 tons

9649. Fact

The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days

9650. Fact

William Howard Taft had a bathtub that could hold four people installed in the white because he couldn't fit into the present one.

9651. Fact

One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.

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