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.

9616. Fact

At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union.

9617. Fact

A car traveling 100 m.p.h. would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

9618. Fact

The period between midnight and dawn is the best time to look for shooting stars. On a normal night you can see between five and ten an hour. In a desert, you can see one every eight minutes.

9619. Fact

Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to bright gold by the time they six months old

9620. Fact

On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day

9621. Fact

During the holiday season, approximately $220 million worth of Poinsettias are sold

9622. Fact

The gila monster is the only poisonous lizard in the United States.

9624. Fact

The reason the soft drink Dr Pepper is called that is because the inventor Wade Morrison named it after Dr. Charles Pepper who had given him his first job

9625. Fact

If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times

Body Facts
In some parts of Africa and on some Pacific islands, people make patterns of raised scars on their skin as a decoration or to show their bravery. The wounds are made with sharp spikes or thorns from plants and often rubbed with special kinds of earth or leaves to created coloured tattoos.      .. More >>