1 March 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 181 (02/03/2014)






1801.            Eighty percent of the Vanilla Beans which are used to make ice cream is grown in
    Madagascar.

1802.            Annually, British people eat more than 15 pounds of beans.

1803.            The largest known hailstone to have fallen was in Germany in 1925, which weighed
    close to four and a half pounds.

1804.            The Kraft company produces enough Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, in
    one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon.

1805.            Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.

1806.            A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt.

1807.            Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth.

1808.            95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S. is from California and Arizona.

1809.            There are more than 3000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee.


1810.            Soy crayons have been invented to replace wax crayons and one acre of soybeans
    can produce over 80,000 crayons.


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