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

8940. Fact

Over 20 million BluBlocker sunglasses have been sold since its debut in 1986. They now come in over 100 different styles

8941. Fact

The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat

8942. Also known as

Original name : hippocrates
Also known as : father of medicine.

8943. Fact

The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors

8944. Fact

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest bar per capita than anywhere else in the world

8945. Fact

The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.

8946. Fact

In 1962, the first Wal-Mart opened up in Rogers, Arkansas

8947. Fact

Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000

8948. Fact

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food

8949. Fact

In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin

8950. Fact

Kiwis are the only known bird to have nostrils located at the tip of their beak

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