25 November 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 84 (25/11/2013)






831.  Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over
         4,000 years ago.

832.  
French artist, Michel Vienkot, uses cow dung as paint when he creates his pictures.

833.  
Canada is an Indian word meaning "village" or "settlement."

834.  
There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.

835.  
The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to
         read until he was 17 years old.

836.  
The fastest growing tissue in the human body is hair.

837.  
Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that looked like a record and actually would play the
         Bhutanese national anthem if placed on a record player.

838.  
Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple.

839.  
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and
         Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, butthe last signature wasn't added
         until 5 years later.

840.  
A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.


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