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.

9097. Fact

Worldwide, the most common environmental allergy is dust.

9098. Fact

The garfish has green bones

9099. Fact

In 1948 and 1950 the oldest ears of popping corn were discovered. They were located in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico. They ranged in size from smaller than a penny to approximately two inches, and were about 4,000 years old

9100. Fact

Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of snot

9101. Fact

The first translation of the Bible into English was in 1382 A.D., by John Wycliff

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