9018. Fact

Kim Basinger fears large crowds. She even locked herself in her house for 4 months because of this fear.

9019. Fact

Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as corns of salt

9020. Also known as

Original name : c.f. andrews
Also known as : deenabandhu.

9021. Fact

Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.

9022. Fact

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes

9023. Fact

The average person ingests about a ton of food and drink each year.

9024. Fact

The numbers 172 can be found on the back of a US $5 bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln memorial.

9025. Fact

The G in 'g-string'stand for groin.

9026. Fact

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the two left-handed Beatles.

9027. Fact

Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.

9028. Also known as

Original name : bal gangadhar tilak
Also known as : lokmanya; father of indian unrest.

9029. Fact

5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US

9030. Fact

Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do

9031. Fact

Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century.

9032. Fact

¥ A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

9033. Fact

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska.

9034. Fact

Over-roasted coffee beans are very flammable during the roasting process.

9035. Fact

According to the 1900 U.S. Census, there were: 596,000 carpenters, 280,000 laundresses, 220,000 blacksmiths, 134,000 tailors, 102,000 shoemakers, 42,000 porters, 37,000 stonecutters, 25,000 millers, 8,000 bootblacks, and 7,000 furriers

9036. Fact

The geographic center of the United States is Smith County, KS. The geographic center of North America is Pierre County, ND.

9037. Fact

Stage bows were originally devised as a way for actors to thank the audience. The audience would or would not acknowledge each of the actors in turn, depending on how much they enjoyed the performance.

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A leech is a worm that feeds on blood. It will pierce its victim's skin, fill itself with three to four times its own body weight in blood, and will not feed again for months. Leeches were once used by doctors to drain bad blood from sick patients.      .. More >>