9214. Fact

Termites have been around for over 250 million years

9215. Fact

Rice paper isn't made from rice but from a small tree which grows in Taiwan.

9216. Fact

In the year 1790, there were two firsts in the United States; the first wholesale coffee roasting company, and the first newspaper advertisement featuring coffee.

9217. Fact

There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle

9218. Fact

The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations

9219. Fact

Check your map. Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.

9220. Fact

Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites

9221. Fact

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

9222. Fact

In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.

9223. Fact

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm........won't go there.)

9224. Fact

Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales

9225. Fact

In Texas criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

9226. Fact

Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries

9227. Fact

A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats

9228. Fact

John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.

9229. Fact

In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other

9230. Fact

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight.

9231. Fact

Rabbits have three eyelids, they also are incapable of burping or farting.

9232. Fact

The Looney Tunes song is actually called The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.

9233. Fact

Ronald Reagan married his first wife, Jane Wyman, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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