9698. Fact

The Niagara Falls moves upstream at an average rate of about 295ft a century.

9699. Fact

75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States are eaten at breakfast

9700. Fact

Twinkies have a shelf life of about 25 years.

9701. Fact

It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.

9702. Fact

Pearls can melt/dissolve in vineger.

9703. Fact

An elephant cannot jump

9704. Fact

Cocaine was sold to cure sore throat, neuralgia, nervousness, headache, colds and sleeplessness in the 1880s.

9705. Fact

Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

9706. Fact

95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S. is from California and Arizona

9707. Fact

There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness

9708. Fact

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

9709. Fact

Eliminates odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper

9710. Fact

No evidence of man's evolutionary ancestors has so far been found in either North or South America. Fossils and other remains suggest that the first Americans crossed the Bering Straits (which at the time was dry land) from Asia between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.

9711. Fact

The official state tree of Illinois is The White Oak

9712. Also known as

Original name : raja rammohan roy
Also known as : father of indian renaissance.

9713. Fact

The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928

9714. Fact

The Professor on Gilligan's Island was named Roy Hinkley. The Skipper was named Jonas Grumby. Both names were used only once in the entire series, on the first episode.

9715. Also known as

Original name : queen elizabeth I
Also known as : maiden queen

9716. Fact

The oldest living thing in existence is not a giant redwood, but a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, dated to be aged 4,600 years old.

9717. Fact

The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep

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