3280. Fact

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

3281. Fact

A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called an epithalamium.

3282. Fact

Mass murderer Charles Manson recorded an album titled Lie.

3283. Fact

The human heart weighs less than a pound

3284. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : dr. b. c. roy
physician, politician, former chief minister of west bengal
Year : 1961
Region : west bengal.

3285. Fact

The average cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven is $6,400.

3286. Fact

The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses

3287. Fact

A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.

3288. Fact

The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17

3289. Fact

Bees kill more people a year than sharks do.

3290. Fact

The Hubble telescope is so powerful that it is like pointing a beam of light at a dime that is two hundred miles away.

3291. Fact

In Delaware it is illegal to get married on a dare.

3292. Fact

More pollution is emitted from the average home compared to the average car.

3293. Fact

Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959

3294. Fact

Planet Venus is the only planet to spin counter-clockwise.

3295. Fact

Austria was the first country to use postcards.

3296. Fact

In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established by a dog named Brutus

3297. Fact

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year

3298. Fact

Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.

3299. Fact

In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets

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