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3841/ There are more than 33,000
radio stations around the world.
3842/ The song, 'I am the Walrus',
by John Lennon was inspired by a police two-tone siren.
3843/ Captain Jean-Luc Picard's
fish was named Livingston.
3844/ The most common pear world-wide
is the Bartlett. It is bell-shaped, sweet and soft with a
light green colour.
3845/ Hot water is heavier than
cold.
3846/ Nycrophobia is the fear
of darkness.
3847/ In Paris, the McDonalds
big 'M' is the only one in the world that is white, rather
than yellow; it was thought that yellow was too tacky.
3848/ Liberace Museum has a mirror-plated
Rolls Royce, jewel encrusted capes and the largest rhinestone
in the world, weighing 59 pounds and measuring almost a foot
in diameter.
3849/ There is a place in Norway
called Hell.
3850/ The University of Alaska
stretches over four time zones.
3851/ At room temperature, the
average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
3852/ Bacteria, the tiniest free-living
cells, are so small that a single drop of liquid contains
as many as 50 million of them.
3853/ Because of the rotation
of the Earth, an object can be thrown further if it is thrown
west.
3854/ The two hottest months
at the Equator are March and Septemver.
3855/ Spain declared war on the
US in 1898.
3856/ Ancient Romans believed
that birds mated on 14th February.
3857/ Goofy actually started
life as 'Dippy Dawg', a combination of both Goofy and Pluto.
3858/ Earl Dean developed the
bottle design for Coca-Cola.
3858/ Native speakers of Japanese
learn Spanish more easily than English. Native speakers og
English learn Spanish more easily than Japanese.
3859/ India has the largest stock
of privately hoarded gold.
3860/ The Bird of Prey
was the name of the Wright brothers first plane.
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