865. Fact

Rhinoceros' horns are made up of compressed hair.

866. Fact

Originally, coca-cola was sold as a prescription to cure melancholy, hysteria and migraines.

867. Fact

The soho area of new york city is named soho because it is located south of houston street.

868. Fact

The national anthem of greece contains 158 verses.

869. Fact

The pig is the only animal that, like humans, can get a suntan.

870. Fact

The world's longest city name has 167 characters. Krungthepmahanakornamornrattanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnoparatrjathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkatattiyavisanukamprasit. It translates into: the great city of angels, the supreme unconquerable land of the great immortal divinity, the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city, with plenty of grand royal palaces, and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity, given by indra and created by the god of crafting. It is known to the rest of the world as bangkok, thailand.

871. Fact

Bruce willis is left-handed. To get a better camera angle, in the film sixth sense, he wrote with his right hand in one scene.

872. Fact

Grampus, a playful, black and white dolphin, can live to the ripe old age of 80 to 90 years.

873. Fact

It takes 240 million years for our solar system to travel around the center of our galaxy, the milky way. This is known as a cosmic year.

874. Fact

Some of the larger battle scenes in the film braveheart had to be done twice, because many people with walk-on parts could be seen wearing watches and sunglasses.

875. Fact

Antoine saint-exupry, the french author who wrote the little prince, died when his small plane crashed on july 31, 1944. Why the plane crashed is still unknown.

876. Fact

A mule is the spawn of a donkey and a mare.

877. Fact

Coulfophobia is the technical term for a fear of clowns.

878. Fact

Star trek, the famous tv series, was not a hit when if first started. After only two seasons, the tv network wanted to cancel it.

879. Fact

Wrigley's, the american chewing gum, was the first product in the world with a bar code.

880. Fact

If you suffer from polydactyl, you were born with more than 10 fingers and toes.

881. Fact

The nobel prizewinner marie curie was the first woman allowed to teach at the university of sorbonne in paris.

882. Fact

A lightning bolt will heat up the air around it to about 3,000272c (5432 degrees fahrenheit).

883. Fact

In an earlier version of the script for the film alien, ripley was supposed to be played by a man.

884. Fact

During the first world war, josef stalin got out of serving his military service because of his deformed feet. He had two toes that were grown together.

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