30 April 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 239 (29/04/2014)






2381.            There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the
    T.V. show "Sesame Street" that is HIV-positive.

2382.            There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that
    have a chronic illness.

2383.            The oldest working Post Office in the world is located in the village of Sanquer,
    located in the Scottish Lowlands. It has been operating since 1712.

2384.            Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the
    Catholic Church.

2385.            Approximately three jars of peanut butter are sold every second.

2386.            In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland
    they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily.

2387.            Every person has a unique tongue print.

2388.            Hair will fall out faster on a person that is on a crash diet.

2389.            In 1890, there was no sunshine for the whole month of December in Westminster
    in London.

2390.            Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms.


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