5460. Animal Facts

Mosquitoes have been around for 200 million years.That's so long that even dinosaurs could have been bitten by them!

5461. Fact

The 772-778 Digits of pi are 9999998.

5462. Fact

Bananas trees are not really trees. They are considered to be giant herb plants

5463. Fact

Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House

5464. Fact

If all numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, eight would be the first number. Zero would be the last number.

5465. Fact

In 1943, the July issue of Transportation Magazine had an article entitled 1943 Guide to Hiring Women.

5466. Fact

During the baseball rivalries between the two major leagues in the 1890s, the Pittsburgh Nationals took advantage of a technicality and signed a player away from another club. The Nationals' president, J. Palmer O'Neill, was called J. Pirate O'Neill, and his club became the Pittsburgh Pirates.

5467. Fact

The total number of Americans killed in the Civil War is greater than the combined total of Americans killed in all other wars.

5468. Fact

US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate on August 19, 1957. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes.

5469. Fact

African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.

5470. Fact

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

5471. Fact

Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

5472. Fact

In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.

5473. Fact

One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants from the air each year.

5474. Fact

In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit

5475. Fact

You burn more calories sleeping than watching television.

5476. Fact

Monopoly is the best-selling board game in the world

5477. Fact

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum

5478. Fact

Kellogg?s started selling their most famous product, Corn Flakes, in 1906

5479. Fact

In North America, the breed of dog called the Doberman Pinscher is spelled with one n. But in Europe where it originated, it's spelled with 2. The man who bred for the Doberman spelled his last name (Dobermann) with 2 'n's as well.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Chemistry
Year : 1976
Name : william n. lipscomb
Country : united states.      .. More >>