General Knowledge Facts - Part 16

1. A cricket pitch is a rectangular area of the ground 22 yards (20 m) long and 10 ft (3.0 m) wide.

2. One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons (159 liters).

3. The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.

5. The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.

6. The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily.


1. The very first motorcycle was made by Sylvester Howard roper in 1867.

2. FIFA 2006 World Cup: Italy won their fourth world crown in Germany, beating France on penalties in Berlin on 09 July 2006.

3. The Swell Shark, found in New Zealand, barks like a dog.

4. Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.

5. "Liberty Enlightening the World" is the official name of "Statue of Liberty".

6. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II.

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1. International Business Machines is the expansion of 'IBM'.

2. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

3. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

4. A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

5. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

6. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

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1. An average person eat 60,000 pounds of food in his lifetime.

2. Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.

3. Place a mirror in the water bowl (mirror has to be partly in the water). Now place it in the sunlight and see the reflection in wall. You can easily produce rainbow in your room. (http://library.thinkquest.org/22915/light.html)

4. The race number 46 has been ever present in Valentino Rossi's career, uses same number as his father Graziano ran with during his own Moto GP career.

5. Dennis Ritchie "offically" created the C programming language while working at Bell labs.

6. An average woman consume 6 lbs (2.72 kg). of lipstick in her lifetime.

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