10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 118 (29/12/2013)

1171.            Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938.

1172.            The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye.

1173.            In 1785, the city of Paris removed bones from cemeteries to ease the overflow of
    dead people. They took these bones and stacked them in tunnels now known as
    the Catacombs. You can visit these tunnel attractions and work your way along long
    corridors, which are stacked with skulls and bones.

1174.            It is estimated that over fifty-four million people died in World War II, which was the
    bloodiest war in history.

1175.            Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the
    Hindus.

1176.            Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to
    obesity.

1177.            The first ever "World Summit on Toilets" was held in Singapore in November 2001.

1178.            Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana.

1179.            Researchers have developed odourless socks. The sock fabric is made by
    attaching molecules that contain chlorine called halamines to textile fibers.

1180.         Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the
    inner structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour.