8435. Fact

Sting got his name from a black and yellow striped sweater he would wear a lot.

13785. Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize : Literature
Year : 2000
Name : gao xingjian
Country : france.

26. Fact

You get a new stomach lining every three to four days.

10429. Fact

Shirly Temple received 135,000 presents on her 8th birthday.

12676. Gland

Gland : placenta
Hormone : chorionic gonadotrophin human placental lactogen.

14258. Phobia

Phobia :
hoplophobia : fear of firearms.

15086. Terminology

Terminology :
odontology : the scientific study of the teeth.

1011. Fact

A good butler should change shoes every three hours.

12772. History Facts

In 1856, the USA passed a law saying that its citizens could claim any uninhabited island anywhere in the world if it contained large deposits of bird faeces.

13836. Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize : Chemistry
Year : 1902
Name : hermann emil fischer
Country : germany.

10811. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Australia : oe

13570. Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize : Physics
Year : 1987
Name : k. alex muller
Country : switzerland.
Name : j. georg bednorz
Country : germany.

12574. Food Facts

In India, ants are roasted, ground to a paste and served as chutney.

13536. Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize : Physics
Year : 1953
Name : frits zernike
Country : netherlands.

4872. Fact

When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like Coca-Cola when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was Bite the wax tadpole. It did not sell well

14386. Phobia

Phobia :
ornithophobia : fear of birds.

4779. Fact

80% of men and 54% of women feel it's OK to have a one-night stand.

12716. History Facts

In 1685, a wolf that terrorized a village near Ansbach in Germany was sentenced to be dressed in human clothing and hanged.

981. Fact

A fully loaded oil tanker needs 20 minutes to stop.

544. Fact

It was pasta that brought forth the invention of the dinner fork. For hundreds of years, people in naples ate their macaroni with their fingers. However, it was considered bad manners for royalty to eat this way while wearing golden knit silk dresses in the royal court. King ferdinand of spain welcomed the invention of the fork as it supported his fondness for macaroni.

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The "pont neuf" (which translated means "new bridge") is actually the oldest bridge in paris.      .. More >>