5777. Fact

The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld BROthers

5778. Fact

Wedding cake was originally thrown at the bride and groom, instead of eaten by them.

5779. Fact

Rubbing cocoa butter on your abdomen during pregnancy will prevent stretch marks.

5780. Fact

JELL-O was declared The Official State Snack of Utah in January 2001

5781. Fact

75% percent of men believe that they should pay for the majority of dates at least until a relationship is established.

5782. Fact

The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle.

5783. Fact

Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest English word that consists strictly of alternating consonants and vowels

5784. Fact

The red kangaroo of Australia can jump 27 feet in one bound.

5785. Fact

The play Chantecler, written by French playwright Edmond Rostand, features a rooster as the major character.

5786. Fact

On average, each American consumes approximately two hundred and sixty pounds of meat in a year

5787. Fact

If you take any number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, the answer will always be 5.

5788. Animal Facts

Komodo dragons are lizards 3 metres (10 feet) long. They aren't poisonous, but there are so many bacteria in their mouths – growing in rotten meat between their teeth – that a bite from one often leads to blood poisoning and death.

5789. Fact

US Presidents who never had children: George Washington, known as the Father of the Country, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, and Warren Harding.

5790. Fact

The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

5791. Fact

Teflon was accidently discovered by scientist Dr. Roy Plunkett while he was conducting a coolant gas experiment in 1938

5792. Fact

All elephants walk on tip-toe because the back portion of their foot is made of no bone just fat.

5793. Fact

Humming birds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

5794. Fact

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way round.

5795. Fact

One ounce of chocolate has about 20 mg of caffeine in it

5796. Animal Facts

A kind of yellow-bellied toad can produce a nasty foam that smells of garlic to deter attackers.

Element
Element : radium
Symbol : ra
Atomic no. : 88
Melting Point (deg c) : 700
Boiling Point (deg c) :
Discoverer : pierre and marie curie (1898)      .. More >>