3749. Fact

The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.

3750. Fact

Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

3751. Fact

The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation

3752. Fact

A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

3753. Fact

Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

3754. Fact

Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Nixon's Secretaries of State have won Noble Peace Prizes.

3755. Fact

In Newport, Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after sunset.

3756. Fact

Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18

3757. Fact

In 1889, the 1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank.

3758. Fact

Muhammad is the most common name in the world.

3759. Fact

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.

3760. Fact

In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.

3761. Fact

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

3762. Fact

In Washington D.C. it is illegal to post a notice in public which calls another person a 'coward' for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.

3763. Fact

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

3764. Fact

Before jets, jet lag was called boat lag.

3765. Fact

Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.

3766. Fact

If a Lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.

3767. Fact

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

3768. Fact

Ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.

Element
Element : vanadium
Symbol : v
Atomic no. : 23
Melting Point (deg c) : 1910
Boiling Point (deg c) : 3407
Discoverer : del rio (1801)      .. More >>