6586. Fact

Two million red blood cells die every second

6587. Fact

At any one time, there are 100 million phone conversations going on in the United States.

6588. Fact

The revolving door was invented in 1888, by Theophilus Van Kannel.

6589. Fact

Rutherford Hayes became U.S. President by one vote.

6590. Fact

Due to eating habits in the USA, one in three children born in the year 2000 have a chance of getting type II diabetes

6591. Fact

28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, it's 38%.

6592. Fact

Romans used to believe that walnuts could cure head ailments during the Renaissance, since their shape was similar to that of a brain

6593. Fact

Hamsters love to eat crickets.

6594. Fact

The US federal income tax was first enacted in 1862 to support the Union's Civil War effort. It was eliminated in 1872, revived in 1894 then declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court the following year. In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution made the income tax a permanent fixture in the US tax system.

6595. Fact

The largest type of penguin is the Emperor Penguin which can stand to be almost 3.5 feet tall and weigh more than 90 pounds

6596. Animal Facts

If a rat didn't keep chewing, its lower teeth would eventually grow through its top jaw and up into the roof of its mouth.

6597. Fact

99% of pumpkins that are sold are sold for decoration

6598. Fact

soil.

6600. Fact

Wild Bill Hickok was killed playing poker, holding two pairs aces and eights, which has become known as "Dead Man's Hand."

6601. Fact

Anagrams amused the ancient Greeks, Romans and Hebrews, and were popular during the Middle Ages.

6602. Fact

In 1946, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane

6603. Fact

Nylon is a man-made fibre that is made from coal and petroleum

6604. Fact

In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipes for watermelon rind pickles

6605. Fact

It wasn't until 1913 that sports teams started using numbers on players' jerseys for identfication. It first happened during a football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin.

6606. Fact

1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Chemistry
Year : 1987
Name : donald j. cram
Country : united states
Name : charles j. pedersen
Country : united states
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