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2560. Fact

The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.

2561. Fact

The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.

2562. Fact

The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.

2563. Fact

The United kingdom eats more cans of baked beans than the rest of the world combined.

2564. Fact

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

2565. Fact

The United States has never lost a war when donkeys were used.

2566. Fact

The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.

2567. Fact

The United States produces more tobacco than it does wheat.

2568. Fact

The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.

2569. Fact

The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones.

2570. Fact

The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

2571. Fact

The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.

2572. Fact

The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people.

2573. Fact

The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean

2574. Fact

The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

2575. Fact

The waffle was invented on August 24, 1869

2576. Fact

The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse.

2577. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : jayaprakash narayan
posthumous, freedom fighter, social reformer
Year : 1998
Region : bihar.