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

9590. Fact

The only countries in the world with one syllable in their names are Chad, France, Greece, and Spain.

9591. Fact

In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners

9592. Fact

The magnetic North Pole shifts by about 7 meters a day.

9593. Fact

If the information contained in the DNA could be written down, it would fill a 1000 volume encyclopedia.

9594. Fact

Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century

9595. Fact

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out

9596. Fact

Neck ties were first worn in Croatia.

9597. Fact

Celery does make you lose calories, it doesn't have a special chemical to do so but it has no calories so the chewing burns the calories burned.

9598. Fact

The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.

9599. Fact

The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.

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