9767. Fact

Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year.

9768. Fact

When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns

9769. Fact

Peanut butter is an effective way to to remove chewing gum from hair or clothes

9770. Fact

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints

9771. Fact

The average bra is designed to last for only 180 days of use.

9772. Fact

The most popular gift that teachers receive in the United States from their students is chocolate

9773. Fact

Every day the human stomach produces about 2 liters of hydrochloric acid

9774. Fact

Prairie dogs are not dogs. A prairie dog is a kind of rodent.

9775. Fact

Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke

9776. Fact

Scholars have named the highest number that's been counted, a googleplex.

9777. Fact

There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese, German, and Urdu.

9778. Fact

The first NBA player to score 38,000 points was Kareem Abdul-Jabar in 1989.

9779. Fact

An African American chef in Albany, NY is thought to have been the inventor of potato chips sometime in 1865. Unfortunately, nobody knows his name.

9780. Fact

The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington DC, by US science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

9781. Fact

The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day.

9782. Fact

The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set in a lunar rover.

9783. Also known as

Original name : joan of arc
Also known as : maid of orleans

9784. Fact

First-cousin marriages are legal in Utah, so long as both parties are 65 or older.

9785. Fact

When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened

9786. Fact

One ragweed plant can release as many as a million grains of pollen in one day

River
River : xi jiang (si kiang)
outflow : china sea
length : 1,989.00      .. More >>