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.

9234. Also known as

Original name : rabindranath tagore
Also known as : gurudev

9235. Fact

The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people

9236. Fact

The word 'gymnasium'comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"

9237. Fact

Human birth control pills work on gorillas

9238. Fact

The weddell seal, can travel underwater for seven hours without surfacing.

9239. Fact

Hippopotamus means river horse.

9240. Fact

In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry      .. More >>