944. Fact

According to the oxford english dictionary, the longest english word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The forty-five-letter word is the name of a special form of silicosis caused by ultramicroscopic particles of silica volcanic dust...

945. Fact

Ingrown nails are hereditary.

946. Fact

The longest geographical name still in use is the name of a hill in new zealand. It's called taumatawhakatangiha ngakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe nuakit natahu.

947. Fact

Telly savalas and louis armstrong both died on their birthdays.

948. Body Facts

Surma girls of Ethiopia put clay disks in their lower lip, stretching the lip outwards.The size of the disk indicates how many cattle a man needs to provide to marry the girl – they can be up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) across.

949. Fact

The initials for the russian secret service "kgb" stand for komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti.

950. Fact

The kangaroo and emu can't move backwards. That's why they have been chosen as symbols for the australian continent.

951. Fact

Gordon sumner, the rock star also known as sting, got his nickname from the yellow-black t-shirts he used to wear. The other band members thought he looked like a bumblebee.

952. Fact

Taste buds only live for 10 days.

953. Fact

Until 1890, the choir boys in the vatican were castrated to prevent their voices from becoming deeper.

954. Fact

Research shows mosquitoes like people who have recently eaten bananas.

955. Fact

A cat has a larger chance of surviving a fall from the 20th floor than from the 7th floor.

956. Fact

If nasa decided to send birds up in space, the birds would soon die. They need gravity to swallow.

957. Fact

Every time you lick a stamp, you will eat one tenth of a calorie.

958. Fact

0n average, an adult laughs 15 times a day while a baby laughs 400 times a day.

959. Fact

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

960. Fact

One leg of a dove weighs less that its feathers.

961. Fact

Your hearing is better when you are hungry than when you've just eaten.

962. Fact

The most common reported time to see a ufo is at 2300 hours (11 pm).

963. Fact

There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.

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