Interesting Facts About Middle Of The Earth In Ecuador Middle of the Earth is the most visited tourist attraction in Ecuador due to the fact that it is located right on the Earth’s Equator. Or is it? Scientists have measured the Equator to be hundreds of feet away from the monument that...
Rats are famous for being able to chew through things—soft concrete, wood, plastic, aluminum, and cinder blocks are no match for these rodents. Their love of chewing is due, in part, to the fact that their teeth never stop growing. In order to keep them from becoming too long, making...
Interesting fact: My first novel that no one would publish was about Scottsdale trophy wives who form a vigilante group to patrol their gated community. It contains, among other things, a bobcat killing, a night-golfing tragedy, the illegal use of a golf ball–collecting machine and a sex s...
Not all Spaniards are native speakers of (Castilian) "Spanish". There are in fact four official languages in Spain (Castilian, Catalan, Basque and Galician), three unofficial regional languages (Asturian, Aragonese and Aranese), and several more dialects of these (Andalucian, Valencian...). Alm...
Facts about the law and crimes. Law Fact Lists Find out some interesting facts about the law. Browse Law Facts Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war. ...
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It should come as no surprise that rummy has its own name among Indians given that it is one of the most played card games in that country. Indian Rummy is often referred to as Paplu. The phrase is in fact used in rummy terminology. The other two terms used while playing rummy are ...
Another surprising fact about Abraham Lincoln is that he was a licensed bartender. Considering that Lincoln despised the potential effects of alcohol, this particular choice of profession is quite surprising. Lincoln co-owned and successfully ran the Berry and Lincoln pub in Springfield, Illinois. Th...
There are some customs that may seem strange to others, like this fun fact about Spain. However, all the different practices and cultures that are found in the world are what adds to the excitement of learning new things! Traditionally, a person receives two surnames in Spain, one from thei...
In fact, he went so far as to say that he thought making Thanksgiving a National Holiday was “a ridiculous proposition.” Thanksgiving didn’t become a national holiday until Abraham Lincoln made it one after the tragedy of the Civil War. He declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday on...