10489. Fact

Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet

10490. Fact

The term devil's advocate comes from the Roman Catholic Church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view.

10491. Fact

To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets

10492. Fact

More than 99.9% of all the animal species that have ever lived on earth were extinct before the coming of man.

10493. Fact

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider

10494. Fact

The stormtroopers in the original starwars are seen in many seen carrying long blasters. On closer inspection you can see that the blasters are actually WWII era German MG42 machine guns (modified slightly).

10495. Fact

The first motion picture copyrighted in the United States showed a man in the act of sneezing.

10496. Fact

The Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world, its waters drop from over 3,200 feet.

10497. Fact

The official definition of a desert is any land that where more water evaporates than is acquired through precipitation.

10498. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Iraq : yi

10499. Fact

Underfund and underground are the only two English words which start and finish with und.

10500. Fact

In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways

10501. Fact

Tiger Woods is the first athlete to has been named Sportsman of the Year by magazine Sports Illustrated two times

10502. Fact

Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia

10503. Fact

The founder of JC Penny had the middle name of Cash

10504. Fact

By federal law, for a noodle to actually be a noodle it must have 5.5 percent egg solids in it, otherwise it cannot be called a noodle

10505. Fact

The period at the end of this sentence can hold 2,000,000 hydrogen atoms.

10506. Fact

The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born.

10507. Fact

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane

10508. Fact

The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year. (This fact and the one prior to it have been judged as urban legends by many)

Fact
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