8196. Fact

Scarecrows frighten birds because of the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. Come rain and wind, this odor dissapears.

8197. Fact

The word America comes from the European explorer Amerigo Vespucci

8198. Fact

The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones

8199. Fact

Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit.

8200. Fact

On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime

8201. Fact

A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

8202. Fact

Marilyn Monroe had six toes

8203. Fact

No one knows why there is a 33 on a Rolling Rock bottle... the secret died with the original brewer.

8204. Fact

There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

8205. Fact

Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot

8206. Fact

A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue

8207. Fact

The biggest candy eaters are the Dutch, who average 65 pounds of candy per person in a year

8208. Fact

The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team

8209. Fact

Studies show that 81% of men began masturbating between the ages of 10 and 15.

8210. Fact

Young people aged 15-24 accounted for 40% of the 4.1 million new HIV infections in 2005.

8211. Fact

Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked

8212. Animal Facts

Vultures gorging themselves on a carcass sometimes eat so much they can't fly.They then vomit to make themselves lighter.

8213. Fact

David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time. new

8214. Fact

Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two.

8215. Fact

A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Chemistry
Year : 2010
Name : Richard F. Heck
Country : USA
Name : Ei-ichi Negishi
Country : china
Name : Akira Suzuki
Country : Japan.      .. More >>