8962. Fact

The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.

8963. Fact

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands.

8964. Fact

Mexican Jumping Beans jump because of moth larvae inside them.

8965. Also known as

Original name : gurcharan singh
Also known as : ground old man of indian pottery, daddyji..

8966. Fact

In Tulsa, Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law).

8967. Also known as

Original name : geoffrey chaucer
Also known as : father of english poetry..

8968. Fact

A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

8969. Fact

The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants

8970. Fact

Native Indians have been known to paint their doors blue, which they believe keeps the bad spirits out

8971. Fact

In seventy-five years the human heart pumps 3,122,000,000 gallons of blood, enough to fill in oil tanker over 46 times.

8972. Fact

Up until the early 20th century, New Jersey and Wisconsin had laws allowing the castration of epileptics

8973. Fact

The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.

8974. Fact

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once wore a Nazi uniform while acting in a film during his Hollywood days. The name of the movie was Desperate Journey, which was filmed in 1942

8975. Fact

Before soccer referees started using whistles in 1878, they used to rely on waving a handkerchief

8976. Fact

A pole vaulter, when he lands, may absorb up to 20,000 pounds of pressure per square inch on the joints of his tubular thigh bones.

8977. Fact

It was the left shoe that Cinderella lost at the stairway, when the prince tried to follow her. It was originally the right.

8978. Fact

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

8979. Fact

Most dinosaurs walked on their toes.

8980. Fact

Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nicholas who brings presents to children on New Year's Eve.

8981. Fact

The first bath tub to be installed in the white house was during the time of Millard Fillmore.

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