10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 243 (03/05/2014)

2421.            Bananas were discovered by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C. when he conquered
    India.

2422.            Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt
    backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah.

2423.            Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand.

2424.            Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836.

2425.            Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make
    perfumes.

2426.            The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the
    patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia.

2427.            In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.

2428.            The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard
    40 miles away.

2429.            Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal
    neglect.

2430.            In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones.