10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 120 (31/12/2013)

1191.            Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75%
    energy compared to making it from new material.

1192.            In a year, Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles.

1193.            Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.

1194.            There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA.

1195.            In the year 2000, there were approximately 11,000 injuries that were treated in a
    hospital in the U.S. that resulted from fireworks.

1196.            Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world.

1197.            4% of an apples is made up of minerals and vitamins, and over 80% is made up
    of water.

1198.            From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain.

1199.            In 1902, the coat hanger was invented Albert Parkhouse who was frustrated at the
    lack of hooks available to hang up his coat at work. His company thought it was a
    good idea and patented the invention and unfortunately, Parkhouse never received
    any money for his idea.

1200.         If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person
    died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of
    wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person
    died of natural causes.