Ringworm is not caused by worms,
but by fungi of several different species that infect the skin of humans and
many other mammals.
Leo Fender, founder of the iconic Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing company, couldn't play the guitar.
If you were injured by electricity (but not killed), you were merely shocked; electrocution is a portmanteau of the words electrical and execution, and only applies when the person is killed by the electrical shock.
Abraham Linclon, 16th president of the United, and Charles Darwin, best known for his contributions to the field of evolutionary theory, were both born on February 12, 1809.
The 1971 cult classic film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was financed by food mega-conglomerate Quaker Oats to promote their Wonka Bars; the bars proved unpopular and were off the shelves within a year, but the popularity of the movie endures.
There are 292 ways to make change for a U.S. Dollar bill using U.S. coins (293 if you consider exchanging a dollar bill for a dollar coin to be "making change").
Just like we orbit around the sun, our sun orbits around the center of the Milky Way galaxy; a "sun year" is a very, very long time, however, as the sun is 26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy and completes an orbit only once every 226 million years.
Astronaut sleeping areas require good ventilation; in the micro gravity environment exhaled carbon dioxide can pool around the sleeping astronaut's head if it is not pushed away by fresh air.
The Shure SM57 is one of the best selling microphones in the world and, in addition to wide use in live performance and studio recording, has been used for the public speaking engagements of every U.S. President since its introduction in 1965.
Falling coconuts kill more people every year than shark attacks.
Oysters change their gender once or more over the course of their lifetime.
Prolonged internal exposure to elemental silver, as with heavy long-term use of colloidal silver treatments, can turn the user's skin permanently blue.
Although advertised as having "billions and billions" of possible configurations, in reality a Rubik's Cube actually has a staggering 43.25 quintillion potential configurations.
The first country to acknowledge women's right to vote was New Zealand, in 1893.
Leo Fender, founder of the iconic Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing company, couldn't play the guitar.
If you were injured by electricity (but not killed), you were merely shocked; electrocution is a portmanteau of the words electrical and execution, and only applies when the person is killed by the electrical shock.
Abraham Linclon, 16th president of the United, and Charles Darwin, best known for his contributions to the field of evolutionary theory, were both born on February 12, 1809.
The 1971 cult classic film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was financed by food mega-conglomerate Quaker Oats to promote their Wonka Bars; the bars proved unpopular and were off the shelves within a year, but the popularity of the movie endures.
There are 292 ways to make change for a U.S. Dollar bill using U.S. coins (293 if you consider exchanging a dollar bill for a dollar coin to be "making change").
Just like we orbit around the sun, our sun orbits around the center of the Milky Way galaxy; a "sun year" is a very, very long time, however, as the sun is 26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy and completes an orbit only once every 226 million years.
Astronaut sleeping areas require good ventilation; in the micro gravity environment exhaled carbon dioxide can pool around the sleeping astronaut's head if it is not pushed away by fresh air.
The Shure SM57 is one of the best selling microphones in the world and, in addition to wide use in live performance and studio recording, has been used for the public speaking engagements of every U.S. President since its introduction in 1965.
Falling coconuts kill more people every year than shark attacks.
Oysters change their gender once or more over the course of their lifetime.
Prolonged internal exposure to elemental silver, as with heavy long-term use of colloidal silver treatments, can turn the user's skin permanently blue.
Although advertised as having "billions and billions" of possible configurations, in reality a Rubik's Cube actually has a staggering 43.25 quintillion potential configurations.
The first country to acknowledge women's right to vote was New Zealand, in 1893.
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