10781. Fact

Dissolves soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a used sheet of Bounce.

10782. Fact

The human liver performs over 500 functions

10783. Fact

Nobody knows what happened to the body of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. During his funeral in 1791, a thunderstorm suddenly appeared and his funeral party dropped the coffin and ran for cover. When they returned, the coffin was gone.

10784. Fact

Cricket chirping can tell the temperature outside. Counting how many times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds and then adding 40 to that number will approximately tell you what the temperature is in Fahrenheit

10785. Fact

The patent number of the telephone is 174465.

10786. Fact

The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows

10787. Fact

In World War II, the German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet

10788. Fact

The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

10789. Fact

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5.00 bill

10790. Fact

A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque

10791. Fact

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies

10792. Fact

The name for Ivory Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Harley Proctor got though of the name when the minister read from Psalms 45:8, All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad.

10793. Fact

The cost to build the Empire State Building was $40,948,900

10794. Fact

Since Hindus don't eat beef, the McDonald's in New Delhi makes its burgers with mutton.

10795. Fact

In 1848, the first American pasta factory opened in Brooklyn, New York. The name of the man that opened it was Antoine Zerega

10796. Fact

Moses Malone was the first basketball player to go directly from high school to a professional American team.

10797. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Bangladesh : s2

10798. Fact

Wham-O manufactured twenty-thousand hula-hoops a day at the peak of hula-hoop popularity in 1958

10799. Fact

In 1908, the first machine to make lollipops opened for business in New Haven, Connecticut

10800. Fact

Tomatos were once referred to as love apples. This is because their was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them

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