10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 104 (15/12/2013)

1031.            The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who
   used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York
   City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.

1032.            An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose
   plugged. They all taste sweet.

1033.            The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.

1034.            Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being
   decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it.

1035.            Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl.

1036.            Automobile building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world.

1037.            A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

1038.            Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one
   hour.

1039.            Marlboro was the first cigarette company to market a cigarette that had a red filter
   called "beauty tip." This was done to hide the lipstick marks left on the filter from
   women smokers.

1040.         In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word
   for four sounds very similar to the word death.