8902. Also known as

Original name : k.m. cariappa
Also known as : kipper, grand old man of indian army..

8903. Also known as

Original name : kato ichire
Also known as : dr. robot..

8904. Fact

A Californian doctor has set the record of eating 17 bananas in two minutes.

8905. Fact

There are over three trillion craters on the moon, with some being having a diameter over three feet

8906. Fact

The name Aspirin was invented from A in acetyl chloride. The spir comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the in was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with in.

8907. Fact

In Corpus Christi, Texas, raising alligators in your home is against the law.

8908. Fact

The first police force was established in Paris in 1667.

8909. Fact

Oscar Wilde and his friends came up the with the word dude. It came from the words duds and attitude.

8910. Fact

On average, Americans spend about 6 months of their lives waiting at red traffic lights.

8911. Fact

The octopus'testicles are located in its head.

8912. Fact

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time

8913. Fact

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter e.

8914. Fact

It is against the law in Oregon to get married in your bathing suit.

8915. Fact

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group in the air is a skein.

8916. Fact

Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison

8917. Fact

Astronauts become between two and three inches taller when in space.

8918. Fact

Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.

8919. Also known as

Original name : jayaprakash narayan
Also known as : 'j.p'; loknayak.

8920. Fact

Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.

8921. Fact

Honeybees have hair on their eyes

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