10547. Fact

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta

10548. Fact

Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg

10549. Fact

Scholars estimate that the 66 books of the King James version of the Bible were written by some 50 different authors.

10550. Fact

The word piano is really an abbreviation for the word pianoforte.

10551. Fact

US Presidents who never held any other elective office: U. S. Grant, William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

10552. Fact

The name of the award given to honor the best sites on the Internet is called The Webby Award.

10553. Fact

Over 175 million cubic yards of earth was removed for the creation of the Panama Canal

10554. Fact

Studies have proven that it's harder to tell a convincing lie to someone you find attractive.

10555. Fact

Chewing gum while peeling onions will reduce your tears

10556. Fact

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble'depicts two women living under one roof.

10557. Fact

The doorbell was invented in 1831.

10558. Fact

Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers

10559. Fact

Pigeons can be killed by feeding them uncooked rice, either because their stomach can't handle the carbohydrates or it swells in their throats and chokes them.

10560. Fact

Second and third Presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both died on July 4, 1826.

10561. Fact

The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS

10562. Fact

Honeybees use the sun as a compass which helps them navigate

10563. Fact

Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie

10564. Fact

Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)

10565. Fact

In the United States, six tubs of Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, are sold every second

10566. Fact

The seven wonders of the ancient world were the Egyptian Pyramids at Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Colossus of Rhodes or huge bronze statue near the Harbor of Rhodes that honored the sun god Helios, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Lighthouse at Alexandria

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