9496. Fact

The average American consumes 9 pounds of food additives every year.

9497. Fact

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables

9498. Fact

Probably the best known multiple meaning is the hebrew word SHALOM which means, alternately, hello, good-bye, and peace.

9499. Fact

Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

9500. Fact

Alexander the Great made his troops eat onions as he believed it would prove their vitality

9501. Fact

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).

9502. Fact

The world record frog jump is 33 feet 5.5 inches over the course of 3 consecutive leaps, achieved in May 1977 by a South African sharp-nosed frog called Santjie.

9503. Fact

In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home

9504. Fact

There have been fewer people below 2km in the sea than have been on the moon.

9505. Also known as

Original name : chittaranjan das
Also known as : deshbandhu

9506. Fact

A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows

9507. Fact

The first U.S. patent for an animal was issued to Harvard University in 1988 for an oncomouse, a genetically engineered mouse that's susceptible to breast cancer. It's used to test anti-cancer therapies.

9508. Also known as

Original name : c. rajagopalachari
Also known as : c.r. rajaji

9509. Fact

The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away

9510. Fact

Jim Bristoe, an American, invented a 30-foot-long, 2-ton pumpkin cannon that can fire pumpkins up to five miles.

9511. Fact

Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.

9512. Fact

A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school

9513. Fact

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

9514. Fact

A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour

9515. Fact

The longest railway in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad, built 1891-1916, a network of railways connecting European Russia with Russian Far East provinces. It is 9,288.2 kilometres (5,787 miles) long and spans 8 time zones.

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