9128. Fact

The famous Revolutionary war general Lafayette had the same first name as his wife Mary.

9129. Fact

White-Out was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, who is the mother of Michael Nesmith from the The Monkees.

9130. Fact

Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.

9131. Fact

A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.

9132. Fact

The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavor space shuttle from Sept 12-20, 1992

9133. Fact

Men sweat more than women. This is because women can better regulate the amount of water they lose

9134. Fact

The formula for Coca-cola has never been patented

9135. Fact

The first airline, DELAG, was established on October 16, 1909, to carry passengers between German cities by Zeppelin airships. Up to November 1913, more than 34,000 people had used the service.

9136. Fact

There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

9137. Fact

When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey

9138. Fact

The highest bridge in the world is located in the Himalyan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army, in 1982, and is about 5,600 metres above sea level

9139. Fact

Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels

9140. Fact

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family's pot filled with coffee.

9141. Fact

Electrical stimulation of certain areas of the brain has been proven to revive long-lost memories.

9142. Fact

The drug thiopentone can kill a human being in one second if it's injected directly into the blood stream.

9143. Also known as

Original name : sheikh mohammad abdullah
Also known as : lion of kashmir (sher-e-kashmir)

9144. Fact

The car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.

9145. Fact

In 1565 In St. Augustine, Florida the first orange trees were planted

9146. Fact

On September 13th, 1916 an elephant that had killed a man was hanged until dead from a rail road crain in Erwin, Tennesee.

9147. Fact

Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns

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