2412. Fact

The life span of a taste bud is ten days.

2413. Fact

The lining of your digestive system is shed every 3 days.

2414. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : dhondo keshav karve
educationist, social reformer
Year : 1958
Region : maharashtra.

2415. Fact

The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive-so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

2416. Fact

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

2417. Fact

The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.

2418. Fact

The longest recorded lifespan of a camel was 35 years, 5 months

2419. Fact

The longest recorded lifespan of a slug was 1 year, 6 months.

2420. Fact

The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California...

2421. Fact

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

2422. Fact

The longest word that can be typed solely with the left hand is stewardess

2423. Fact

The Los Angeles Rams were the first U.S. football team to introduce emblems on their helmets.

2424. Fact

The lungfish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.

2425. Fact

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

2426. Fact

The male gypsy moth can 'smell' the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

2427. Fact

The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk.

2428. Fact

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

2429. Fact

The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz.

2430. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : govind ballabh pant
freedom fighter, jurist home minister
Year : 1957
Region : uttar pradesh (now uttarakhand).

2431. Fact

The Milky Way's nearest neighbour is 4.3 million light years away - a hundred million times further then the Moon. It is a three-star cluster known as Alpha Centauri.

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In Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise's character (Lt. Dan) tells Tom Hanks' character (Forrest Gump) that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is the day he'd be an astronaut. The following year, Sinise and Hanks appeared together as astronauts in Apollo 13.      .. More >>