10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 226 (16/04/2014)

2251.            In Czek Republic during Christmas, little boats are made out of empty walnut shells
    and each family member places a little burning candle into a shell. Everyone's
    shells are then floated on a bowl of water. If the shell makes it across the bowl, its
    owner will live a long and healthy life. A shell that sinks brings bad luck to its owner.

2252.            Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 total.

2253.            During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the
    only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

2254.            People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in
    the brain.

2255.            The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South
    Dakota, USA.

2256.            Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of
    radiation poisoning.

2257.            898 tornadoes were recorded to have occurred in the United States in the year
    2000.

2258.            The word Popcorn is derived from the middle English word "poppe," which means
    "explosive sound"

2259.            The food that is digested in your stomach is called "chyme."

2260.            Alcohol beverages have all 13 minerals necessary for human life.