6049. Fact

The height of the Eiffel Tower in France varies, depending on the temperature, by as much as 6 inches.

6050. Fact

In the Pacific Islands when people get burns they often use a banana leaf as treatment

6051. Fact

One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs.

6052. Fact

Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE

6053. Fact

A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket

6054. Fact

Pakistan was named in 1933 and is derived from the first letters of Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, and Tan. All of these are districts or states of what is now Pakistan.

6055. Fact

In 1930, the heaviest a female flight attendant could be was 115 pounds. They also had to be unmarried nurses.

6056. Fact

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

6057. Fact

The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car)

6058. Animal Facts

Sharks don't have a urinary tract so their urine leaks out of their skin.

6059. Fact

The average capacity of a pelican's pouch is 12 quarts.

6060. Fact

Your body releases growth hormones when you sleep.

6061. Fact

December 1972 U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to set foot on the moon.

6062. Fact

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

6063. Fact

¥ About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second, and the same number are born each second.

6064. Fact

Turkeys drown in the rain.

6065. Fact

At one time, there was a law in India that forbade lower-caste people from casting their shadows on a member of the Brahman (the upper class).

6066. Fact

The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry

6067. Fact

Humphrey O'Sullivan invented the rubber heel because he was tired of pounding the pavements of Boston looking for a job.

6068. Fact

In Tennessee it is illegal to use a lasso to catch fish.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Literature
Year : 1915
Name : romain rolland
Country : france.      .. More >>