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2410. Fact
The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia – a Latin term meaning "for example."

2411. Fact
The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

2412. Fact
The life span of a taste bud is ten days.

2413. Fact
The lining of your digestive system is shed every 3 days.

2414. Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna : dhondo keshav karve
educationist, social reformer
Year : 1958
Region : maharashtra.

2415. Fact
The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive-so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor.

2416. Fact
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

2417. Fact
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.

2418. Fact
The longest recorded lifespan of a camel was 35 years, 5 months

2419. Fact
The longest recorded lifespan of a slug was 1 year, 6 months.

2420. Fact
The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California...

2421. Fact
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

2422. Fact
The longest word that can be typed solely with the left hand is stewardess

2423. Fact
The Los Angeles Rams were the first U.S. football team to introduce emblems on their helmets.

2424. Fact
The lungfish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.

2425. Fact
The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

2426. Fact
The male gypsy moth can 'smell' the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

2427. Fact
The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk.

2428. Fact
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

2429. Fact
The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz.

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The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port.      .. More >>
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