10371. Fact

The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose

10372. Fact

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America (not China), in 1918, by Charles Jung

10373. Fact

It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

10374. Fact

Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in the first ever college football game. At the time, a touchdown was worth only two points.

10375. Fact

Roosters have to extend their necks in order to crow

10376. Fact

The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet

10377. Fact

Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas

10378. Fact

Pregnant female polar bears will not eat for several months while resting in her den under the snow.

10379. Fact

Orca (killer) whales can grow to 30ft long.

10380. Fact

There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

10381. Fact

In 1972, a gorilla by the name of Koko was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand approximately 2,000 English words

10382. Fact

On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand 1 and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.

10383. Fact

In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five hundred and fifty feet

10384. Fact

Some baby giraffes are more than six feet tall at birth.

10385. Fact

Steve Young, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, is the great-great-grandson of Mormon leader Brigham Young.

10386. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Saudi Arabia : hz

10387. Fact

The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps.

10388. Fact

Nearly 50% of the world s scientists are assigned to military projects.

10389. Fact

There are no turkeys in Turkey.

10390. Fact

The reason why bubble gum is pink is because the inventor only had pink colouring left. Ever since then, the colour of bubble gum has been predominantly pink

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