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10726. Fact
The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark
10727. Fact
¥ Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time. Another story states that: Mickey mouse was not named after Mickey Rooney he was made on a train ride from New York after Walt found out he didn't actually own Oswald the lucky rabbit. The mouse Walt drew was originally named Mortimor But his wife Lilly didn't like that name so she suggested Mickey and the name stuck.
10728. Fact
Pound for pound, leopards are said to be seven times stronger than humans
10729. Fact
The distance between cities are actually the distances between city halls.
10730. Fact
The soldiers of World War I were the first people to use the modern flushing toilet. The inventor: Thomas Crapper.
10732. Fact
America's best selling ice cream flavor is vanilla.
10733. Fact
There are, on average, 259 raisins in a box of Raisin Bran and 388 in a box of Premium Raisin Bran.
10734. Fact
In 1953, racecar driver Tim Flock raced at Nascar with a monkey in the seat beside him
10735. Fact
The biggest religious building in the world is a Hindu Temple, Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia. It was built at the end of the 11th century
10736. Fact
Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
10738. Fact
The word Nazi is actually an abbreviation for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which refers to the National Socialist German Workers Party
10739. Fact
Singer Alice Cooper once had a live chicken thrown at him during a concert in Toronto. He threw the chicken back at the crowd and all the publicity surrounding the incident skyrocketed his singing career
10740. Fact
Early hockey games allowed as many as 30 players a side on the ice
10741. Fact
The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
10742. Fact
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. (This was challenged and proved wrong by the TV show Mythbusters)
10743. Fact
The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word almost.
10744. Fact
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket
10745. Fact
Families who do turn off the television during meals tend to eat healthier. This was regardless of family income, or education
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Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Physics
Year : 1973
Name : ivar giaever
Country : united states.
Name : leo esaki
Country : japan.
Name : brian d. josephson
Country : great britain.
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