3508. Fact

In India, where hinduism is the biggest religon, they belive that there are about 300 million different gods. Because almost every village has it's own local god.

3509. Fact

If you were to spell out numbers, you would have to go to one thousand before you would find the letter "A".

3510. Fact

Some arthritis medications contain gold salts, which is used as an anti-inflammatory

3511. Fact

A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.

3512. Fact

Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.

3513. Fact

In NYC, it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and wiggling the extended fingers of that hand.

3514. Fact

Even though it is widely attributed to him Shakespeare never actually used the word 'gadzooks'.

3515. Fact

The word comet comes from the Greek word kometes meaning long hair and referring to the tail

3516. Fact

As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.

3517. Fact

William Taft is the only man to become President and then chief justice.

3518. Fact

In Russia, when flowers are given for a romantic occasions, flowers are given in odds numbers as even number of flowers is given at funerals only

3519. Fact

In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.

3520. Fact

4,000 people are injured by tea pots every year.

3521. Fact

A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell

3522. Fact

Blaise Pascal's father was a French tax collector who had trouble keeping track of his collections. So in 1642, young Pascal designed and built a mechanical adding machine to help. It was the first mechanical calculator in history.

3523. Fact

New Jersey, with 96, is the US state with the greatest number of hazardous waste sites.

3524. Fact

The five most populated cities in the world are, in order, Tokyo-Yokohama (Japan), Mexico City (Mexico), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Seoul (South Korea), and New York (United States).

3525. Fact

If all the gold in the ocean were mined, every person on Earth would get about 20 kgs of gold each.

3526. Fact

The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and vice versa.

3527. Fact

Depending on the size, it can take an oyster anywhere from few months to many years to form a pearl

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