10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 177 (26/02/2014)

1761.            Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by excesseive use of
    alcohol.

1762.            A common name for pincurls is also spitcurls because woman sometimes wet their
    hair with their saliva before curling it.

1763.            The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23
    minutes.

1764.            Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands.

1765.            Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once wore a Nazi uniform while acting in a
    film during his Hollywood days. The name of the movie was "Desperate Journey,"
    which was filmed in 1942.

1766.            The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a "Squirrel Day" festival to honour the 200
    albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a
    priest

1767.            In the United States there are about three million honey producing colonies.

1768.            Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours.

1769.            January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could
    look forward and backward at the same time.

1770.            Pepper was sold as individual grains during the Elizabethan times. The guards at
    the London docks had to sew up their pockets so they would not steal any of the
    pepper.