11 February 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 162 (11/02/2014)






1611.            While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.

1612.            Of all the restaurants that are opened, 90% of them fail in the first year. Of the
    remaining ones that survive, 90% of those fail in the second year.

1613.            The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.

1614.            When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within
    hours.

1615.            Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines,
    in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 people have been injured.

1616.            The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin.

1617.            The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

1618.            There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.

1619.            Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth.
1620.            Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President
    for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.


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