9077. Fact

The word 'news' did not come about because it was the plural of 'new.' It came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.

9078. Fact

Semen is usually white or grey, but can occasionally appear yellowish.

9079. Fact

The Oscar award got its name from an actress who mentioned it looks like her uncle Oscar.

9080. Fact

The Oprah Winfrey Show started out as a local morning talk show called A.M. Chicago. The name was changed in September 1985 after Winfrey beat Donahue in the Chicago ratings. The show was expanded from a half an hour to an hour and went nationwide a year later.

9081. Also known as

Original name : thomas edward lawrence
Also known as : lawrence of arabia

9082. Fact

In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome

9083. Fact

David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon

9084. Fact

At one time the group Grateful Dead were called The Warlocks.

9085. Fact

People drank gold powder mixed in with water in medieval Europe to relieve pain from sore limbs

9086. Also known as

Original name : tanguturi prakasam
Also known as : andhra kesari

9087. Fact

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple

9088. Fact

Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed Galloping Gertie because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog

9089. Fact

The United States has the highest proportion of males circumcised for non-religious reasons.

9090. Fact

The Bible is the most-shoplifted book in the world.

9091. Fact

In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose

9092. Fact

In one night, an adult hippopotamus eats approximately 150 pounds of grass

9093. Fact

There are 63,360 inches in a mile.

9094. Also known as

Original name : subhash chandra bose
Also known as : netaji

9095. Fact

The early occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception

9096. Fact

The phrase 'going bananas' was first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary, and is linked to the fruit's 'comic' connections with monkeys.

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The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the Uncle Sam.      .. More >>