25 November 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 80 (21/11/2013)







791.  A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed.

792.  Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

793.  
The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945.

794.  
Sharks are immune to cancer.

795.  
Manicuring the nails has been done by people for more than 4,000 years.

796.  
Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually.

797.  
The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.

798.  
Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting
         monkey testicles onto human males.

799.  
The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word "Qutun."

800.  
In 1946, the New York Yankees became the first baseball team to travel by plane


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