10419. Fact

A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body

10420. Fact

Coca-cola used to use the slogan Good to the last drop, in 1908. This slogan was later used by Maxwell House

10421. Fact

The largest living organism ever found is a honey mushroom, Armillaria ostoyae. It covers 3.4 square miles of land in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, and it's still growing.

10422. Fact

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

10423. Fact

Jacksonville, Florida has the largest total area of any city in the United States. It takes up 460 square miles, almost twice the area of Los Angeles.

10424. Fact

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne.

10425. Fact

55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year

10426. Fact

Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney invented Trivial Pursuit. They were planning on playing Scrabble and realized that some of the pieces were missing so they came up with the idea of making their own game; Trivial Pursuit

10427. Fact

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.

10428. Fact

The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA

10429. Fact

Shirly Temple received 135,000 presents on her 8th birthday.

10430. Fact

There are four main Blood types: A, B, AB and O and each Blood type is either Rh positive or negative. Blood types in the US Type O positive 38.4%, O negative 7.7%, A positive 32.3%, A negative 6.5%, B positive 9.4%, B negative 1.7%, AB positive 3.2%, AB negative 0.7%

10431. Fact

Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime.

10432. Fact

The city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through

10433. Fact

It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey

10434. Fact

The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world's mail.

10435. Fact

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

10436. Fact

A British term for slot machine is fruit machine or one-armed bandit.

10437. Fact

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.

10438. Fact

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Physiology or Medicine
Year : 1998
Name : robert f. furchgott
Country : united states.
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Country : united states.
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