10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 172 (21/02/2104)

1711.            When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would
    sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean
    was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.

1712.            In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen.

1713.            A cockroach can change directions up to 25 times in a second.

1714.            In 1825, the first toilet was installed in the White House.

1715.            Cricket chirping can tell the temperature outside. Counting how many times a
    cricket chirps in 15 seconds and then adding 40 to that number will approximately
    tell you what the temperature is in Fahrenheit.

1716.            Every year, 50,000,000 automobiles are produced in the world.

1717.            Pikeville, Kentucky consumes the most Pepsi per capita then any other American
    city.

1718.            After the death of the genius, Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a
    pathologist and put in a jar for future study.

1719.            Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than real diamonds.

1720.            The fastest speed a raindrop had reached when falling is seven miles per hour.