16 January 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 135 (15/01/2014)






1341.            By donating just one pint of blood, four lives can be saved.

1342.            The biggest hamburger that was served was 8,266 pounds. It was made at the
    Burger Fest in Seymour, Wisconsin.

1343.            The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

1344.            Pilgrims did not eat potatoes for Thanksgiving as they thought they were
    poisonous.

1345.            On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.

1346.            BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA
    space program for American astronauts.

1347.            Pearls melt in vinegar.

1348.            There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the
    US.

1349.            Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the
    letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.


1350.            A chicken is 75% water.


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