2518. Fact

The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... Thus the saying.

2519. Fact

The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’, which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.

2520. Fact

The second longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmenterianism".

2521. Fact

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

2522. Fact

The serial number of the first MAC ever produced was 2001

2523. Fact

The shape of plant collenchyma cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

2524. Fact

The sound of knuckles cracking is generated by imploding synovial fluid.

2525. Fact

The Speaker of the House of Commons is not allowed to speak opinion.

2526. Fact

The speed of a typical raindrop is 7 miles per hour.

2527. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : lata mangeshkar
play back singer
Year : 2001
Region : maharashtra.

2528. Fact

the starfish is the only animal that can turn it's stomach inside out.

2529. Fact

The state of Florida is bigger than England!

2530. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : gopinath bordoloi
posthumous, freedom fighter
Year : 1999
Region : assam.

2531. Fact

The state of Wyoming is named after a valley in Pennsylvania.

2532. Fact

The state with the longest coastline in the U.S. is Michigan.

2533. Fact

The state with the longest coastline in the US is Michigan.

2534. Fact

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.

2535. Fact

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

2536. Fact

The sun is NOT the biggest star in the universe.

2537. Fact

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79cm?

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