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Original name : dadasaheb phalke
Also known as : father of indian cinema.

When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours

Actress Sally Field was paid $4,000 a week for her role in the TV show The Flying Nun

Orchids have the smallest seeds. It takes more than 1.25 million seeds to weigh 1 gram.

In the late 1800's, washing machines and butter churners were sometimes powered by dogs walking on treadmills.

The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series on television history

The venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that of a rattlesnake.

Stinging insects kills approximately 25 people annually in the U.S

Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.

Teenage suicide is the second cause of death in the state of Wisconsin

The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.

About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.

The word checkmate in chess comes from the Persian phrase Shah-Mat, which means the king is dead

According to Playboy, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

In driving tests, women reacted to emergency options in.56 of a second. Men scored .59 in the same tests.

In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose

Stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.

The Sudan is the largest country in Africa. It covers about 967,500 square miles of the continent.

The first commercial product manufactured in the United States and exported to Europe was a glass bottle made in Jamestown in 1608.

To determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor divide the proof by two.

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