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4939. Fact
The longest recorded gloved boxing match took place in 1893. Andy Bowen and Jack Burke fought for more than 7 hours. After 110 rounds, the fight was declared a draw because both Bowen and Burke were too exhausted to continue.
4940. Fact
In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain, most involving people slipping on skins.
4941. Fact
Three-hundred-million cells die in the human body every minute.
4942. Fact
Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet
4943. Fact
The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel
4944. Fact
Canada beat Denmark 47-0 at the 1949 world hockey championships. new
4945. Fact
The term throw one's hat in the ring comes from boxing, where throwing a hat into the ring once signified a challenge. Today it nearly always signifies political candidacy.
4946. Fact
The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level
4947. Fact
Every year more people are killed by donkeys than in aircraft crashes.
4948. Fact
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
4949. Fact
Adelphogamy is a marriage custom in which brothers share one or several wives.
4950. Fact
The oldest cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in 1844.
4951. Fact
In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.
4952. Fact
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2,but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
4954. Fact
The expletive, Holy Toledo, refers to Toledo, Spain, which became an outstanding Christian cultural center in 1085.
4955. Fact
The forth railway bridge is a meter longer in summer than in winter due to thermal expansion.
4956. Fact
The largest stained-glass window in the world is at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. It can be found in the American Airlines terminal building and measures 300 feet long by 23 feet high.
4957. Fact
The only MLB team to have both its city's name and its team name in a foreign language is the San Diego Padres.
4958. Fact
Half of the 40 million people currently living with HIV/AIDS are female.
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Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Literature
Year : 1936
Name : eugene o'neill
Country : united states.
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