10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 170 (19/02/2014)

1691.            Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.

1692.            In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can accelerate to a speed of 27,000
    kilometres per hour.

1693.            In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the
    most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper
    per trip.

1694.            German cockroaches can survive for up to one month without food and two weeks
    without water.

1695.            George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory.

1696.            Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most
    frequent payment method used after cash.

1697.            The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
    that it burns.

1698.            The amount of aluminum that Americans throw out in three months is enough to
    rebuild all American commercial planes.

1699.            Humans breathe in and out approximately one litre of air in ten seconds.

1700.      The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar
    surrendered after 38 minutes.