2132. Fact

Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries.

10651. Fact

Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older.

5081. Fact

The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined area adjoining the racquets court

6741. Fact

At -40 degrees fahrenheit, a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour breathing.

14151. Phobia

Phobia :
coimetrophobia : fear of cemeteries.

5037. Fact

Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in 1848 for about 20 hours because there was ice that was blocking the Niagara River

832. Fact

A concorde holds 31,510 gallons of petrol in its tanks.

3582. Fact

In 1900 the average age at death in the US was 47.

6202. Fact

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

2863. Fact

The Angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

8445. Fact

Instead of a birthday cake, many children in Russia are given a birthday pie

4742. Fact

Francis Scott Key wrote the words to The Star-Spangled Banner on the back on an envelope. The music is from an old English drinking song called To Anacreon in Heaven.

7747. Fact

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

9223. Fact

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm........won't go there.)

13471. Name Change

Old name : dutch east indies
Changed name : indonesia.

11403. Book

Book : godfather
Author : mario puzo.

12427. Famous

Khorkov
Famous for : important town of ukraine, manufactures motor cars, tractors and agricultural machinery.

3248. Fact

Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died on July 4, 1934 of radiation poisoning.

4765. Fact

India is the leading film making country in the world. More than twice as many films are made in India each year than in France, the third highest film producers in the world.

14134. Phobia

Phobia :
chirophobia : fear of hands.

Fact
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