9196. Fact

A pineapple is a berry.

9197. Fact

The first city in America to have a TV station was: Schenectady, NY.

9198. Fact

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. The whole country is only 108.7 acres, with a population of just 1,000 (approx.).

9199. Fact

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

9200. Fact

The most expensive shoes in the world are ruby slippers located in Harrods in London, which cost $1.6 million, has a full time security guard. The shoes are made from platinum thread and has 642 rubies in them. It took over 700 hours to produce the shoe

9201. Fact

Over half the textile fibers that are used in the world are cotton

9202. Fact

Chris Ford of the the Boston Celtics sank the NBA's first three-point shot in 1979.

9203. Fact

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine

9204. Fact

The size of a raindrop is around 0.5 mm - 2.5 mm, and they fall from the sky on average 21 feet per second.

9205. Also known as

Original name : richard cobden
Also known as : apostle of free trade

9206. Fact

You can now buy a coffin which can be used as a wine rack, table, and/or bookcase before you are buried in it.

9207. Fact

An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year

9208. Fact

¥ Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the

9209. Fact

Moon was Buzz Aldrins mothers maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon).

9210. Fact

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

9211. Fact

DC-10, the name of an airplane stands for Douglas Commercial.

9212. Fact

The father of Dave Matthews was one of the original fathers of the super conductor (died of lung cancer when dave was 10 [was a non-smoker])

9213. Fact

In 2001, the five most valuable brand names in order were Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, and Nokia

9214. Fact

Termites have been around for over 250 million years

9215. Fact

Rice paper isn't made from rice but from a small tree which grows in Taiwan.

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