9561. Fact

The Ice Cream cone was invented in the summer of 1904 by Charles Menches. It made its debut one year later at the St. Louis World Fair

9562. Fact

It is impossible to sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time.

9563. Fact

A new book is published every 13 minutes in America.

9564. Fact

Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms

9565. Fact

The laundry detergent Tide, has a market share of about forty percent market

9566. Fact

It would take about fourteen and half million notes of currency to build a mile high stack

9567. Fact

The total number of episodes for the sitcom I Love Lucy was 180

9568. Also known as

Original name : thomas cook
Also known as : father of modern tourism

9569. Fact

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket

9570. Fact

Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian'spelled backwards is 'naive'.

9571. Fact

The amount of drag or air resistance produced by putting your bicycle on top of your car is so great that on a trip from England to Scotland it would be cheaper to send it by train because of the fuel consumption to overcome the drag.

9572. Fact

Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

9573. Fact

New Hampshire's license plates are stamped with the motto Live Free Or Die. They are made by prison inmates.

9574. Fact

There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue

9575. Also known as

Original name : st. nicholas
Also known as : santa claus

9576. Also known as

Original name : t.t. krishnamachari
Also known as : t.t.k.'

9577. Fact

The first percussion instrument introduced to an orchestra was the kettledrums, then called the timpani, in the 1600s.

9578. Fact

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 milesper year.

9579. Fact

The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh)

9580. Fact

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles

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