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.

9600. Fact

Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own Parma ham and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)

9601. Fact

In Australia, a dust-devil is called a willy-willy

9602. Fact

With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches

9603. Fact

In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the opera.

9604. Fact

Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930

9605. Fact

In some parts of England, rum is used to wash a baby's head for good luck.

9606. Fact

Human fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails

9607. Fact

Watermelons grown along the Tigris River have been known to reach as much as 275 pounds.

9608. Fact

There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America

9609. Fact

US presidents who served an entire term without a vice president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur.

9610. Fact

Latte is the Italian word for milk. So if you request a latte' in Italy, you'll be served milk.

9611. Fact

The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people

9612. Fact

There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone

9613. Fact

In 1964, University of Oregon grad student Carolyn Davidson designed what became known as the Nike swoosh; for a mere $35. She did it four years after Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue Ribbon Sports.

9614. Fact

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

9615. Also known as

Original name : shakti chattapadhyaya
Also known as : robert frost of west bengal.

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