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.

9887. Fact

In ancient Egypt, doctors used jolts from the electric catfish to reduce the pain of arthritis

9888. Fact

Pretzels were originally invented for Christian Lent.

9889. Fact

Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years

9890. Fact

Mount Everest moves approximately 2.4 inches (10 cm) in a Northeasterly direction every year.

9891. Fact

The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.

9892. Fact

The Europeans first added chocolate to their coffee in the 1600's.

9893. Fact

The Montreal Canadians of the mid-1950s are the only team to win five straight Stanley Cup championships.

9894. Fact

There are 318,979,564,000 possible ways to play the first four moves per side in a game of chess.

9895. Fact

The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour

9896. Fact

The Oblivion ride at Alton Towers has a G-force of 5. Thats higher than the G-force of an average NASA take-off!

9897. Fact

There are more chickens in the world than people.

9898. Fact

Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours

9899. Fact

Cat scratch disease, a benign but sometimes painful disease of short duration, is caused by a bacillus. Despite its name, the disease can be transmitted by many kinds of scratches besides those of cats.

9900. Fact

A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them

9901. Fact

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

9902. Fact

The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting flesh when it blooms

Invention
Invention : respirator
Year : c. 1955
Inventor : forrest m. bird
Country : us.      .. More >>