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Book : bleak house
Author : charles dickens.

Island : hispaniola
Location : caribbean sea
Area : 76,192.00 sq. km.

¥ Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time. Another story states that: Mickey mouse was not named after Mickey Rooney he was made on a train ride from New York after Walt found out he didn't actually own Oswald the lucky rabbit. The mouse Walt drew was originally named Mortimor But his wife Lilly didn't like that name so she suggested Mickey and the name stuck.

4131. Fact

In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

1024. Fact

In 1978, emilio marco palma was the first person to be born in the antarctic.

1065. Fact

27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.

2344. Fact

The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.

8340. Fact

The tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph

14870. Science Facts

A common cure for all kinds of illnesses in the past was ‘bleeding' the patient. This could be done by the doctor making a small cut and putting a hot cup over the wound to suck out blood, or by putting blood-sucking leeches on the skin. Using leeches is being reintroduced by some western doctors.

9637. Fact

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne

13995. Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize : Peace
Year : 1979
Name : mother teresa of calcutta
Country : albania - india.

645. Fact

If you took all the wheat that is consumed around the world during a year and baked a loaf of bread from it, that loaf would be about 13-feet wide and 6.5-feet high and long enough to go around the earth once.

7257. Fact

Psychokinesis refers to the ability of moving objects through psychic power

2081. Fact

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

3396. Fact

One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world

1087. Fact

53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.

14963. Sobriquet

Primary name : banrain
Sobriquet : island of pearls.

4755. Fact

According to one survey, 44% of adults have had a one-night stand.

4394. Fact

Hard Bean means the coffee was grown at an altitude above 5000 feet.

14899. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
manometer
is instrument to measure the pressure of gases.