10170. Fact

In October 1986, Pepsi paid close to $840 million to Nabisco for the Kentucky Fried Chicken empire

10171. Fact

The first box of Crayola that was ever sold had the same eight colours that are sold in the box today consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. The box was sold for a nickel in 1903

10172. Fact

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water

10173. Fact

The average American consumes over 28 pounds of bananas each year.

10174. Fact

There are approximately 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.

10175. Fact

There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show Sesame Street that is HIV-positive

10176. Fact

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

10177. Fact

A red-haired man is more likely to go bald than anyone else.

10178. Fact

Mice will nurse babies that are not their own

10179. Fact

It's been estimated that man have been riding horses for over 3,000 years.

10180. Fact

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.

10181. Fact

You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

10182. Fact

January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time

10183. Fact

Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year

10184. Alloy

Alloy : monel metal
Composition : cu (70%), ni (30%)
Use : for making alkali resistant containers.

10185. Fact

The term white chocolate is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor. White chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.

10186. Fact

Each Jelly Belly jelly belly bean has 4 calories

10187. Fact

The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material

10188. Fact

Tony Hawk has made more money from video games and tv commercials than from skateboarding.

10189. Fact

The study of twins is known as gemellology

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