8920. Fact

Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.

8921. Fact

Honeybees have hair on their eyes

8922. Fact

There are some species of snails that are venomous. Their venom can be fatal to humans

8923. Fact

Many cancer patients that are treated with chemotherapy lose their hair. For some when the hair grows back, it can grow back a different colour, or be curly or straight

8924. Fact

In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty

8925. Fact

Muhammad Ali won his heavyweight championships on three continents: North America, Asia, and Africa.

8926. Fact

65% of the candy that is produced in an year is consumed by American adults 18 years and older

8927. Fact

Pitcher Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds hurled his first major-league game in 1944. Nuxhall, the youngest pitcher in major league baseball, was only 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old when he pitched that game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

8928. Fact

The Willamette River in Oregon is the only river on earth that flows it's entire distance north.

8929. Fact

On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs

8930. Also known as

Original name : j.r.d. tata
Also known as : father of civil aviation in india..

8931. Fact

Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle

8932. Fact

There are no cemeteries in San Francisco, CA

8933. Fact

The youngest movie star to win an Academy Award was Shirly Temple who won an Oscar in 1934 at the age of 6.

8934. Fact

Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War

8935. Fact

The world's first adhesive postage stamp went on sale in England in 1840. It was the Penny Black, portraying Queen Victoria.

8936. Fact

Yellowstone is the world's 1st national park. It was dedicated in 1872.

8937. Fact

Water expands 9% when it is frozen

8938. Fact

¥ A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet.

8939. Fact

The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It To Beaver

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