10804. Fact

The Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil

10805. Fact

In 1945, the first floating ice cream parlor was built for sailors in the western Pacific. This floating ice cream parlour could produce ten gallons of ice cream every seven seconds

10806. Fact

The fruit of the Cacao tree grow directly from the trunk. They look like small melons, and the pulp inside contains 20 to 50 seeds or beans. It takes about 400 beans to make a pound of chocolate.

10807. Fact

Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side

10808. Fact

In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

10809. Fact

The Crayola colour flesh was changed to peach in 1962 because of the fact that people have many different skin colours

10810. Fact

Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie Braveheart.

10811. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Australia : oe

10812. Fact

The highest man-made temperature 70 million degrees Celsius was generated at Princeton University in a fusion-power experiment.

10813. Fact

An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment

10814. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Algeria : 7t

10815. Aircraft id

Aircraft id mark :
Argentina : lq, lv

10816. Fact

The Lion King is the top grossing Disney movie of all-time with domestic gross intake of $312 million

10817. Fact

In just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male.

10818. Fact

In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar

10819. Fact

A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey

10820. Fact

There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world

10821. Fact

Approximately three jars of peanut butter are sold every second

10822. Fact

Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).

10823. Fact

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world

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In the year 1790, there were two firsts in the United States; the first wholesale coffee roasting company, and the first newspaper advertisement featuring coffee.      .. More >>