8695. Fact

Ben Franklin invented crop insurance.

8696. Fact

The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer

8697. Fact

On the old Canadian 2 dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is NOT an American flag.

8698. Fact

In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the United States. Of those, close to half were for marijuana

8699. Fact

There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.

8700. Fact

Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays

8701. Fact

Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession.

8702. Also known as

Original name : william shakespeare
Also known as : bard of avon.

8703. Fact

The average litter of Mexican wolves is between four and seven pups.

8704. Fact

When the income tax first started in 1861, the maximum tax was 3%.

8705. Fact

The 'vintage date'on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

8706. Fact

The largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds)

8707. Fact

The American Airlines Sports Center, in Dallas, has most toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the USA

8708. Fact

The most expensive book or manuscript ever sold at an auction was The Codex Hammer, a notebook belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. It sold for $30.8 million.

8709. Also known as

Original name : william pitt
Also known as : the younger pitt, grand commoner

8710. Fact

The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 square feet.

8711. Fact

A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted

8712. Fact

The typical American eats 263 eggs a year.

8713. Fact

Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday. This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year

8714. Fact

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.

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