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).

10081. Fact

The Canadian government legalized marijuana for medicinal use in 1999. After discovering a shortage of local growers they began to import the dope from Mississippi.

10082. Fact

Weevils are more resistant to poisons in the morning than at night.

10083. Fact

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is 4:00 p.m. Insects are most vulnerable at this time.

10084. Fact

The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. It was published in New Haven, Connecticut, by the New Haven District Telephone Company in February, 1878.

10085. Fact

Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year because it's built on top of an underground reservoir. Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city's growing population of more than 15 million people.

10086. Fact

The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It To Beaver.

10087. Fact

No SEAL has ever surrendered and no wounded or dead SEAL has ever been left on the field during battle.

10088. Fact

The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel

10089. Fact

Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste

10090. Fact

The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the Polar Bear Capital of the World

10091. Fact

More people die from eating sharks then from being eaten by them. This is due to a poison in shark meat

10092. Fact

The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half

10093. Fact

U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year

10094. Fact

One billion seconds is about 32 years

10095. Fact

Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings

10096. Fact

Planet Jupiter spins so fast that there are 2 sunrises and 2 sunsets every 24 hours by earth time.

10097. Fact

Each day Americans 15 and over spend an average of 55 minutes of driving

10098. Fact

The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Literature
Year : 1932
Name : john galsworthy
Country : great britain.      .. More >>