9913. Fact

The word assassination was invented by William Shakespeare

9914. Fact

The platypus and echidna are the only mammals that hatch from eggs. Both live in Australia.

9915. Fact

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.

9916. Fact

On Hilton Head Island, South Carolina it is illegal to shine a flashlight on a sea turtle.

9917. Fact

There's Arsnick(a dangerous poison) in dirt

9918. Fact

There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use

9919. Fact

Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

9920. Fact

The Brownie box camera, introduced by Eastman Kodak, sold for $1.00 in 1900. The camera's 6-exposure film sold for 15 cents.

9921. Fact

Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age ofthe Rolling Stones: 50.6.

9922. Fact

Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has

9923. Fact

It takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean

9924. Fact

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

9925. Fact

The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.

9926. Also known as

Original name : edmund spencer
Also known as : poets' poet

9927. Also known as

Original name : erwin rammel
Also known as : desert fax.

9928. Fact

Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.

9929. Fact

Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.

9930. Fact

The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil.

9931. Fact

On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels

9932. Fact

There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.

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