7291. Fact

The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon

7292. Fact

If you go blind in one eye, you only lose about 20% of your vision, but all your sense of depth.

7293. Fact

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

7294. Animal Facts

A flea can jump up to 220 times its own body length – a flea the size of an adult human could jump over a 25-storey building and more than a 0.4 kilometre (quarter of a mile) along the ground.

7295. Fact

The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs, covering a meter a second.

7296. Fact

The oldest exposed surface on earth is New Zealand's south island.

7297. Fact

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

7298. Fact

When the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers report that the sale of toys also rise

7299. Fact

During the Roman times, people used urine, called lotium in Latin, as a hair product

7300. Fact

In a year, the average Americans eats approximately 18 pounds of Turkey

7301. Fact

Phimosis is an inability to retract the foreskin fully, is harmless in infancy and pre-pubescence, occurring in about 8% of boys at age 10.

7302. Fact

In South Korea, Green Giant canned sweet corn is advertised as a topping for ice cream.

7303. Fact

Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food

7304. Fact

The London Bridge is now in Arizona in the U.S.A. This fat cat(rich guy) bought it for only $2.46 million dollars.

7305. Fact

In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers

7306. Fact

It takes 120 drops of water to fill a teaspoon.

7307. Fact

One percent of Greenland's population lives in a single apartment building.

7308. Fact

Columbus brought cacao (chocolate) beans back to Spain on his fourth voyage in 1502.

7309. Fact

If a lobster loses an eye or a claw it can usually grow a new one

7310. Fact

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Chemistry
Year : 1983
Name : henry taube
Country : canada.      .. More >>