9229. Fact

In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other

9230. Fact

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight.

9231. Fact

Rabbits have three eyelids, they also are incapable of burping or farting.

9232. Fact

The Looney Tunes song is actually called The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.

9233. Fact

Ronald Reagan married his first wife, Jane Wyman, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

9234. Also known as

Original name : rabindranath tagore
Also known as : gurudev

9235. Fact

The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people

9236. Fact

The word 'gymnasium'comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"

9237. Fact

Human birth control pills work on gorillas

9238. Fact

The weddell seal, can travel underwater for seven hours without surfacing.

9239. Fact

Hippopotamus means river horse.

9240. Fact

In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

9241. Fact

The thing that hangs from the top of the beak of a turkey is called the snood

9242. Fact

The most widely culticated fruit in the world is the Apple.The second is the Pear.

9243. Fact

Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced

9244. Fact

The average person burns 26 calories when kissing for a minute.

9245. Fact

The liquid inside coconuts can be used as blood plasma substitutes.

9246. Fact

In German, eins and acht are the only numbers with their letters in alphabetical order.

9247. Also known as

Original name : napoleon bonaparte
Also known as : little corporol; man of density.

9248. Fact

When Christopher Columbus and crew landed in the New World they observed the natives using a nose pipe to smoke a strange new herb. The pipe was called a tabaka by the locals, hence our word tobacco.

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