Fact Book

9698. Fact

The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century.

9699. Fact

75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States are eaten at breakfast

9700. Fact

Twinkies have a shelf life of about 25 years.

9701. Fact

It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.

9702. Fact

Pearls can melt/dissolve in vineger.

9703. Fact

An elephant cannot jump

9704. Fact

Cocaine was sold to cure sore throat, neuralgia, nervousness, headache, colds and sleeplessness in the 1880s.

9705. Fact

Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

9706. Fact

95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S. is from California and Arizona

9707. Fact

There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness

9708. Fact

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

9709. Fact

Eliminates odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper

9710. Fact

No evidence of man's evolutionary ancestors has so far been found in either North or South America. Fossils and other remains suggest that the first Americans crossed the Bering Straits (which at the time was dry land) from Asia between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.

9711. Fact

The official state tree of Illinois is The White Oak

9712. Also known as

Original name : raja rammohan roy
Also known as : father of indian renaissance.

9713. Fact

The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928

9714. Fact

The Professor on Gilligan's Island was named Roy Hinkley. The Skipper was named Jonas Grumby. Both names were used only once in the entire series, on the first episode.

9715. Also known as

Original name : queen elizabeth I
Also known as : maiden queen

9716. Fact

The oldest living thing in existence is not a giant redwood, but a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, dated to be aged 4,600 years old.

9717. Fact

The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep

9718. Fact

It is illegal in Wisconsin to start a riot using a laser pointer.

9719. Fact

The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war

9720. Fact

After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.

9721. Fact

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half-caused cancer in rats

9722. Fact

In the U.S. peanuts account for 66% of all snack nuts

9723. Fact

In 1902, the game table tennis was brought to the U.S. from Europe by Parker Brothers

9724. Also known as

Original name : m.k. gandhi
Also known as : bapu; mahatma; father of the nation.

9725. Also known as

Original name : nandlal base
Also known as : father of modern painting in india.

9726. Fact

The only presidents buried together: John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are in a basement crypt in Quincy, Mass.

9727. Fact

Harrods have three private wells to supply their water.

9728. Fact

Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes located entirely within the United States.

9729. Fact

In 1969 the US launched a male chimpanzee called Ham into space.

9730. Fact

The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.

9731. Fact

On average, Americans spend 33% of their life sleeping

9732. Fact

Pac-Man, Namco's 1979 arcade game, was originally called Puck Man. The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter P.

9733. Fact

A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight

9734. Fact

Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake.

9735. Fact

Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone.

9736. Fact

There are only four words in the English language which end in-dous: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

9737. Fact

O.J. Simpson had a severe case of rickets and wore leg braces when he was a child

9738. Fact

Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley who died at birth

9739. Fact

It's illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas in that state.

9740. Fact

Only three horses who had never previously won a race earned their first victories at the Kentucky Derby. They were Buchanan in 1884, Sir Barton in 1919 and Brokers Tip in 1933.

9741. Fact

Hippos can live up to 40 years in the wild

9742. Fact

The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, Mary had a little lamb.

9743. Fact

Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands

9744. Fact

About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light

9745. Fact

Dead cells in the body ultimately go to the kidneys for excretion

9746. Fact

The heart of a mouse beats 650 times per minute.