2712. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : b. r. ambedkar
posthumous, architect of indian constitution, social reformer, economist, scholar
Year : 1990
Region : maharashtra.

2713. Fact

When a person dies, hearing is generally the last sense to go.

2714. Fact

When Coca-Cola first appeared in China, they used characters that sounded like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, they translated as "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.

2715. Fact

When Einstein was inducted as an American, he attended the ceremony without socks

2716. Fact

When gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine.

2717. Fact

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.

2718. Fact

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

2719. Fact

When intoxicated, an ant will always fall on its right side.

2720. Fact

When nobody else is around, 47% of people drink straight from the carton.

2721. Fact

When opossums are hanging upside-down, they are not playing. It is from shear terror.

2722. Fact

When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.

2723. Fact

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

2724. Fact

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.

2725. Fact

When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."

2726. Fact

When we see stars in the sky, we are not seeing them as they currently are, but how they were the number of light years they are away from Earth.

2727. Fact

When you correct for weight differences, men are proportionately stronger than horses.

2728. Fact

When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop--even you heart.

2729. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : m. g. ramachandran
posthumous, chief minister-tamil nadu, actor
Year : 1988
Region : tamil nadu.

2730. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : khan abdul ghaffar khan
first non-citizen, freedom fighter
Year : 1987
Region : pakistan.

2731. Fact

When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.

Invention
Invention : seat belt, automotive shoulder
Year : 1959
Inventor : nils bohlin (volvo)
Country : sweden.      .. More >>