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

9581. Fact

Flu shots only work about 70% of the time

9582. Fact

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

9583. Fact

American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters

9584. Fact

The world's longest name is: Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver

9585. Fact

Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men

9586. Fact

The way that prostitutes got the nickname Hooker was because of a general of the Civil War. General Hooker would keep a number of prostitutes to follow his army and keep his men's moral up. The prostitutes were referred to as Hooker's brigade.

9587. Fact

Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans

9588. Fact

The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow approximately every 14 days

9589. Fact

Sharks can sense a drop of blood from a mile away

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