9423. Fact

Author Dr. Seuss wrote the book Green Eggs and Ham because the editor made him a bet that he could not write a book, which contained less than fifty words

9424. Fact

In Chinese, the words 'crisis' and 'opportunity' are the same.

9425. Also known as

Original name : giovanni baccaccio
Also known as : father of the novel

9426. Fact

Playing cards in India are round.

9427. Fact

Most lipstick have fish scales

9429. Fact

The first fashion house to be set up was in 1858 by Charles Worth. He opened his store in Paris with the idea of having pre-made gowns presented on models to his customers

9430. Fact

On average, 749 pounds of paper products is used by an American individual annually

9431. Fact

The word umbrella is derived from the Latin root word umbra, which means shade or shadow

9432. Fact

The horse shoe crab has blue blood which can be used to kill bacteria

9433. Fact

The state official motto of Alaska is North to the Future

9434. Fact

The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada

9435. Fact

The rarest chocolate bar in the world is the Porcelana bar. There are only 20,000 of these bars produced a year, and they sell for $90 per pound

9436. Fact

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper right-hand corner of the 1 encased in the shield and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner

9437. Fact

In the United States, more than 4.2 million couples live together that are not married

9438. Fact

Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

9439. Fact

It was the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, CT, whose name and lightweight pie tins gave birth to the modern Frisbee.

9440. Fact

Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards

9441. Fact

A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.

9442. Fact

There are 5 calories in a teaspoon of semen.

9443. Also known as

Original name : florence nightingale
Also known as : lady with the lamp.

Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Literature
Year : 1995
Name : seamus heaney
Country : ireland.      .. More >>