10129. Alloy

Alloy : gun metal
Composition : cu (85%), zn (10%), sn(5%)
Use : used for engineering purpose.

10130. Alloy

Alloy : bell metals
Composition : cu (80%), sn (20%)
Use : for making bells.

10131. Fact

The 1st kiss in a movie was between May Irwin and John Rice in The Widow Jones, in 1896.

10132. Fact

Whitcomb L. Judson, the inventor of the zipper, originally intended his invention to save people the trouble of buttoning and unbuttoning their shoes every day. He named it the Clasp locker and unlocker for shoes.

10133. Fact

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime

10134. Fact

There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants

10135. Fact

Two-thirds of college students have been in a "friends with benefits" relationship.

10136. Fact

It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.

10137. Fact

Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went

10138. Fact

No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.

10139. Fact

The Ribbon worm will start eating itself to avoid starvation.

10140. Fact

Wesley Snipes has a 5th Degree Black Belt.

10141. Fact

Tamiflu's main natural ingredient is Chinese star anise

10142. Fact

Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet

10143. Fact

Sawney Beane, his wife, 8 sons, 6 daughters, and 32 grandchildren were a family of cannibals that lived in the caves near Galloway, Scotland in the early 17th Century. Although the total number is not known, it is believed they claimed over 50 victims per year. The entire family was taken by an army detachment to Edinburgh and executed, apparently without trial

10144. Fact

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

10145. Fact

You can't sneeze on the streets of Asheville, North Carolina.

10146. Fact

No language has more synonyms than English.

10147. Fact

We (humans) only use 10% of our brains.

10148. Fact

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..

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