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.

9516. Fact

Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living

9517. Fact

In 1905, 18 men died from injuries sustained on the football field. President Theodore Roosevelt stepped in and instituted safety measures to make the game safer.

9518. Fact

All racehorses in the U.S. celebrate their birthday on January 1st

9519. Fact

The earth is the most densest planet in the solar system, and is the only planet not named after a god.

9520. Fact

Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.

9521. Fact

Human beings can't smell or taste a substance that is not soluble. On a dry tongue, sugar has no taste. In a dry nose, the smell of a flower would not be noticed. Anything to be smelled must float in the air.

9522. Fact

The United Parcel Service shipped the killer whale Keiko (star of Disney movie Free Willy) from Mexico City to Newport, Oregon in 1998

9523. Fact

NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

9524. Fact

Botanically a rhubarb is a vegetable. It was changed to a fruit in 1947 by a U.S. Custom Court

9525. Fact

The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897

9526. Fact

Every day, the Hubble telescope transmits enough data to fit 10,000 standard computer disks

9528. Also known as

Original name : andrei d. sakharov
Also known as : father of the (soviet) hydrogen bomb

9529. Fact

Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team

9530. Fact

MS-DOS was originally calle QDOS and was bought of the author by Microsoft for a small fee. The rest is history

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