10060. Fact

German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America

10061. Fact

The Pacific Ocean holds 46% of the world's water. The rest is divided up as followed: Atlantic Ocean 23.9%, Indian Ocean 20.3%, and the Arctic Ocean 3.7%.

10062. Fact

The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

10063. Fact

Only 1 out of 100 people have a computer.

10064. Fact

When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment

10065. Fact

The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

10066. Fact

Bobby Carpenter was the first American player to score 50 goals in a season

10067. Fact

Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.

10068. Fact

The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

10069. Fact

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were Thomas Jefferson survives.

10070. Fact

Amongst pre-schoolers, Caillou is the fastest-ever-growing television show and is seen in close to 97% of U.S. households

10071. Fact

The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower

10072. Fact

The first American advertisement for tobacco was published in 1789. It showed a picture of an Indian smoking a long clay pipe.

10073. Fact

A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless

10074. Fact

On the cartoon show The Jetsons, Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15 years old.

10075. Also known as

Original name : acharya rajneesh
Also known as : osho

10076. Fact

The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness

10078. Fact

85% of movie actors earn less than $5,000 a year from acting.

10079. Fact

Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100

10080. Fact

South Africa is the only country to have three capital cities: one for each branch of its government (Administrative, Legislative, and Judicial).

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