10176. Fact

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

10177. Fact

A red-haired man is more likely to go bald than anyone else.

10178. Fact

Mice will nurse babies that are not their own

10179. Fact

It's been estimated that man have been riding horses for over 3,000 years.

10180. Fact

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.

10181. Fact

You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

10182. Fact

January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time

10183. Fact

Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year

10184. Alloy

Alloy : monel metal
Composition : cu (70%), ni (30%)
Use : for making alkali resistant containers.

10185. Fact

The term white chocolate is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor. White chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.

10186. Fact

Each Jelly Belly jelly belly bean has 4 calories

10187. Fact

The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material

10188. Fact

Tony Hawk has made more money from video games and tv commercials than from skateboarding.

10189. Fact

The study of twins is known as gemellology

10190. Fact

The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.

10191. Fact

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

10192. Fact

St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904

10193. Fact

Federal law forbids recycling used eyeglasses in the United States.

10194. Fact

Ferrets sleep around 20 hours a day.

10195. Fact

The word limelight that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers

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