4430. Fact

There are more than 700 species of plants that grow in the United States that have been identified as dangerous if eaten. Among them are some that are commonly favored by gardeners: buttercups, daffodils, lily of the valley, sweet peas, oleander, azalea, bleeding heart, delphinium, and rhododendron.

4431. Fact

The only rock that floats in water is pumice.

4432. Fact

The name for Oz in The Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence Oz.

4433. Fact

4 tablespoons of ketchup has about the same amount of nutrition as a ripe tomato.

4434. Fact

The Hindu holy day begins at sunrise, the Jewish holy day begins at sunset, and the Christian holy day begins at midnight.

4435. Fact

Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced

4436. Fact

Kitsap County, Washington, was originally called Slaughter County, nicely: the first hotel there was called The Slaughter House.

4437. Fact

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

4438. Fact

The first fully working parachute was used in 1787 by Jacques Gernerin who dropped 3,000 feet from a balloon. This was long before the airplane was invented.

4439. Fact

A recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.

4440. Fact

A mosquito will become restless and start flying around if there is an increase of carbon dioxide in the surrounding air

4441. Fact

When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym Allen Smithee instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with Death of a Gunfighter (1969).

4442. Fact

With the exception of Antarctica, all continents are wider in the north than in the south.

4443. Fact

Chicken liver can be used to change A type blood to O type blood.

4444. Fact

About 10,000,000 people have the same birthday as you.

4445. Fact

Cindy Laupher had dyslexia and failed every subject in school.

4446. Fact

How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating.

4447. Fact

Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week

4448. Fact

Deliberately infecting people with malaria has been used to cure different viral infections. The high fever will strengthen the immune system and fight the virus. In recent times this has been considered as a treatment to HIV

4449. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : sir c. v. raman
nobel-prize winning physicist
Year : 1954
Region : tamil nadu.

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