9850. Fact

The height of a bowling pin is equal to its circumference.

9851. Fact

More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year.

9852. Fact

Scientists have figured out that the speed of nerve impulses in the brain is 404 feet per second. If an idea is complex enough to take 100 nerve messages from one side of the brain to the other, the thought could be completed in less than a tenth of a second.

9853. Fact

Coca-Cola was originally green

9854. Fact

The great Gothic cathedral of Milan was started in 1386, and wasn't completed until 1805.

9855. Fact

Airbags are deployed at a rate of two-hundred miles per hour.

9856. Fact

Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means apple sauce in Japanese

9857. Fact

Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day

9858. Fact

On September 7, 1997, the first flight of the F-22a occurred.

9859. Also known as

Original name : henrik j. ibsen
Also known as : father of modern drama

9860. Fact

The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3 inch nail,sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads, and water to fill a ten-gallon tank.

9861. Fact

In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills

9862. Fact

The closest star to the sun, Alpha Centauri, is never visible in the sky north of about 30 degrees Northern Lattitude.

9863. Fact

The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South").

9864. Fact

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die

9865. Fact

Intel is a shortened name for Integrated Electronics. The company's founders wanted to use the full name when they went into business in 1968, but it was already in use.

9866. Fact

Nova Scotia is Latin for 'New Scotland.'

9867. Fact

The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms.

9868. Fact

Roger Bannister of Great Britain was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. On May 6, 1954, he ran the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

9869. Also known as

Original name : george bernard show
Also known as : 'g.b.s'

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