10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 142 (22/01/2014)

1411.            A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar
    system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

1412.            Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers.

1413.            Fossilized bird droppings are one of the chief exports of Nauru, an island nation in
    the Western Pacific.

1414.            Water expands 9% when it is frozen.

1415.            The first toilet tank ever seen on television was on Leave it to Beaver.

1416.            The origin of apples traces back to the Middle East over 4,000 years ago.

1417.            The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because
    those are the colours that stimulate hunger.

1418.            99% of pumpkins that are sold are sold for decoration.

1419.            On Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:55 AM, the attack on Pearl Harbor
    commenced.

1420.            If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there
    would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back.