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.

9747. Fact

Pregnancy in humans lasts on average about 270 days (from conception to birth).

9748. Fact

The bulls-eye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground.

9749. Also known as

Original name : khan abdul ghaffar khan
Also known as : badshah khan; frantier gandhi; fakhre-e afghan,

9750. Fact

During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

9751. Fact

In 1864, A Quebec farmer found a frog inside a hailstone

9752. Fact

The term 'hay fever' originated in England, where some people suffered allergic symptoms during hay pitching time when the symptoms became serve, workers often felt feverish.

9753. Fact

A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume.

9754. Fact

The world record for donut eating is held by John Haight, who ate 29 donuts (52 ounces) in a little over six minutes

9755. Fact

Penicillin was first produced synthetically in a laboratory in 1946.

9756. Also known as

Original name : k.v. puttappa
Also known as : kuvempu

9757. Fact

The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.

9758. Fact

In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year

9759. Fact

People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain

9760. Fact

Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.

9761. Fact

Before 1883, the three-cent U.S. stamp was also used for advertising. The advertisment was located on the back of the stamp for various products

9762. Fact

Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil

9763. Fact

By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute.)

9764. Fact

MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 The first music-video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.

9765. Fact

The term The Big Apple was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression apple for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple

9766. Fact

The deepest spot in any ocean is the Mariana Trench. It's 36,198 feet below sea level (about seven miles).

9767. Fact

Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year.

9768. Fact

When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns

9769. Fact

Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes

9770. Fact

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

9771. Fact

The average bra is designed to last for only 180 days of use.

9772. Fact

The most popular gift that teachers receive in the United States from their students is chocolate

9773. Fact

Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid

9774. Fact

Prairie dogs are not dogs. A prairie dog is a kind of rodent.

9775. Fact

Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke

9776. Fact

Scholars have named the highest number that's been counted, a googleplex.

9777. Fact

There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese, German, and Urdu.

9778. Fact

The first NBA player to score 38,000 points was Kareem Abdul-Jabar in 1989.

9779. Fact

An African American chef in Albany, NY is thought to have been the inventor of potato chips sometime in 1865. Unfortunately, nobody knows his name.

9780. Fact

The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington DC, by US science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

9781. Fact

The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day.

9782. Fact

The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set in a lunar rover.

9783. Also known as

Original name : joan of arc
Also known as : maid of orleans

9784. Fact

First-cousin marriages are legal in Utah, so long as both parties are 65 or older.

9785. Fact

When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened

9786. Fact

One ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day

9787. Fact

The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson

9788. Fact

The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college

9789. Fact

The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia

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