10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 108 (19/12/2013)

1071.            The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday.

1072.            Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century whose name was really Patience.

1073.            In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia.
   His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet
   long called "Spirit of Australia." Warby built the boat himself in his back yard.

1074.            Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.

1075.            People who studies laughter are called a "gelotologists."

1076.            Adolf Hitler was one of the people that was responsible in the creation of the
   Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea of producing a car that was cheap
   enough for the average German working man to afford.

1077.            Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward
   and one eye backward at the same time.

1078.            Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see
   his moves. That is the opposite of the norm.

1079.            Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.

1080.           In 1953, racecar driver Tim Flock raced at Nascar with a monkey in the seat beside
   him.