Now you Know

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.

6069. Fact
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month. Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch

6070. Fact
¥ Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

6071. Fact
The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.

6072. Fact
It is estimated that over fifty-four million people died in World War II, which was the bloodiest war in history

6073. Fact
Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

6074. Fact
Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do

6075. Fact
Witchcraft was first legalized in the colony of Pennsylvania.

6076. Fact
Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.

6077. Fact
Southbridge, Massachusetts, makes it illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.

6078. Fact
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

6079. Fact
There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard.

6080. Fact
If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously

>


My Account / Test History

Fact
There are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the Statue of Liberty.      .. More >>
Home
My Account
English Test
Verbal Reasoning
GK Quiz
Grammar Test