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The Cannes Film Festival was conceived in 1938 by two French journalists while they were traveling by train to the Venice Film Festival.

Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne

The complete works of Shakespeare can be stored on 5 Megabytes.

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback.

¥ Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War

An owl has three eyelids

898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year 2000.

The world camel population is close to 19 million

Sea water is approximately 3.5 percent salt.

Pineapples were first introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus

Some African tribes refer to themselves as motherhoods instead of families

In 1988, the largest ice cream sundae in history was made. It was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and weighed in at over 24 tons

The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days

William Howard Taft had a bathtub that could hold four people installed in the white because he couldn't fit into the present one.

One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.

The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter

Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract mates

Antarctica is visited by over 10,000 tourists a year.

1 in 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible

Compound
Compound : baking powder
Chemical Name : sodium bicarbonate
Chemical Formula : nahco3. .. More >>