739. Fact

The expression "checkmate" comes from the arabic expression "shah mat", which means "the king is dead".

740. Fact

Do you think "big ben" is a tower or a clock face? Well, both are wrong guesses. This well-known name actually belongs to the bell that sounds every hour behind the famous clock face in london, england.

741. Fact

When the north american possum is threatened, it not only plays dead to escape the danger, it also faints from fear!

742. Fact

Sesame street puppet characters bert and ernie's namesakes are the policeman, bert and the taxi driver, ernie, from the classic film it's a wonderful life starring jimmy stewart.

743. Fact

Did you know that camels have three eyelashes to protect their eyes from the blowing sand?

744. Fact

A donkey's eyes are positioned so that it can see all of its hooves at the same time.

745. Fact

When you are born, you have 300 bones in your body but when you die, you only have 206.

746. Fact

The only known month to not have a full moon is february 1865.

747. Fact

According to the author ian fleming, james bond's father was from scotland and his mother from france.

748. Fact

An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.

749. Fact

The toaster was introduced by general electric in the usa in 1909.

750. Fact

The leaning tower of pisa, one of italy's greatest tourist attractions, leans in a southerly direction.

751. Fact

The latin inscription i.n.r.i. stands for "iesus nazarenus, rex iudaeorum" which means "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews".

752. Fact

During the second world war, queen elizabeth ii studied to become a car mechanic.

753. Fact

In paraguay, duelling is only legal if both fighters are registered blood donors.

754. Fact

A diamond's weight is measured in carats. Originally, one carat equalled the weight of one seed from a loaf of st. John's bread. It was changed in 1931 that the exact weight was to be 0.2 grams.

755. Fact

South africa has eleven main languages, which explains why you can sometimes find really long road signs. Everyone must be able to read them!

756. Fact

The earth weighs about 5,924,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons.

757. Fact

Contrary to popular belief, thomas alva edison did not invent the lightbulb. Many had done this before him. What he did, however, was modify the lightbulb and patent it.

758. Fact

An angry male hummingbird has a pulse of up to 1,000 beats per minute while, at the same time, drawing about 500 breaths.

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