27 November 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 86 (27/11/2013)






851.  The game Monopoly has been played by approximately 500 million people in the world,
         and the game is available in 26 languages.

852.  
The dragonfly has not changed over the last 300 million years.

853.  
In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely
         out of ordinary toast.

854.  
Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7.

855.  
Cotton crops can be sprayed up to 40 times a year making it the most chemical-intensive
         crop in the world.

856.  
The "Star Spangled Banner" did not become a national anthem until 1931. It was
         designated by an Act of Congress.

857.  
Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer.

858.  
On average, the American household consumes six pounds of peanut butter annually.

859.  
A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food
         that they are going to eat.

860.  
Bugs Bunny was originally called "Happy Rabbit."


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