Faudzil @ Ajak

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23 April 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 231 (21/04/2014)






2301.            The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max.

2302.            Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all
    knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs
    they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because
    of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no
    troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was
    assumed that they were descendants of the devil.

2303.            The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2304.            The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario Canada took a total construction time
    of 40 months to complete at an original cost of $63 million.

2305.            The 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was able to write Greek
    with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time.

2306.            The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.

2307.            In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

2308.            A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6
    litres.

2309.            In India, pickled ginger, minced mutton and a cottage cheese like substance are
    popular pizza toppings.


2310.            Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the
    Apollo 11 mission.


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