Now you Know

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

The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in perfume!

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.

The chow is the only dog that has a black tongue.

The cigarette lighter was invented before matches.

Bharat Ratna : k. kamaraj
posthumous, freedom fighter, chief minister-tamil nadu
Year : 1976
Region : tamil nadu.

The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world.

The computer term "byte" is a contraction of "by eight".

The country of Brazil is named after the brazil nut.

The creator of the Waffle Iron did not actually like waffles.

The cruise liner, Queen Elisabeth II, moves only six inches for every gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.

The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 150 million kilometres.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

The eaarth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.

The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.

The Earth orbits the sun at about 18.5 miles per second

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