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Natural pearls melt in vinegar

Keeping your car tuned up is a good way to save on gas. A car that is tuned up is 9% more efficient on gasoline.

The deepest cave in the world is the Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep

It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times

In Utah a husband is responsible for all criminal acts committed by his wife while she is in his presence.

It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world.

Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour

Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America

The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts.

Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration

A grasshopper needs a minimum temperature of 62 degrees Fahrenheit in order to be able to hop.

¥ Whoopi Goldberg was a mortuary cosmetologist and a bricklayer before becoming an actress.

Acupuncture was first used as a medical treatment in 2700 BC by Chinese emperor Shen-Nung.

Streets in Japan do not have names.

The American Automobile association was formed in 1905 for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps

The best selling game in history for coin-operated machines is Pac-Man

Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones

The three-syllable word hideous, with the change of a single consonant, becomes a two-syllable word with no vowel sounds in common: hideout.

There are more than 2,000 muscles in a caterpillar.

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Invention
Invention : jukebox
Year : 1889
Inventor : louis glass
Country : us. .. More >>