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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.
9870. Fact
In 1989, twenty-three people were hired in Jacksonville Florida just to flush toilets so the pipes would not freeze
9871. Fact
The most popular meal ordered at restaurants in the U.S. is fried chicken
9872. Fact
On July 28th, 1945, a US Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
9874. Fact
The correct response to the Irish greeting, Top of the morning to you, is and the rest of the day to yourself.
9875. Fact
In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US.
9876. Fact
Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas
9877. Fact
Because of Davy Jones's popularity as a member of The Monkees, another young singer in London, also named David Jones, was forced to change his name to David Bowie.
9878. Fact
Pope John XXIII served as a sergeant in the Italian army during World War I.
9879. Fact
The number of births in India each year is greater than the entire population of Australia.
9880. Fact
More twins are born in the Western world than in the Eastern world
9881. Fact
Buttermilk does not contain any butter, but is a cultured milk product which is usually made from fat free milk
9882. Fact
It takes 72 minutes for the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower to make one revolution
9883. Fact
The kangaroo rat can cover ground at a rate of 17 feet per second. It can leap as much as 18 inches straight up and can switch directions at the peak of its jump.
9884. Fact
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
9885. Fact
Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
9886. Fact
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses.
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Before the first French cafe in the late 1700's, coffee was sold by street vendors in Europe, in the Arab fashion. The Arabs were the forerunners of the sidewalk espresso carts of today.
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