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

9787. Fact

The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson

9788. Fact

The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college

9789. Fact

The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia

9790. Fact

Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months

9791. Fact

There are more chickens than people in the world

9792. Fact

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Body Facts
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