10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 251 (11/05/2014)

2501.            Approximately 50% of Americans admit they have ran a red light.

2502.            In 1755, the first Canadian post office opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fist
    Deputy Postmaster General was American inventor Benjamin Franklin who was
    later dismissed for sympathizing with the American revolutionary cause.

2503.            Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.

2504.            On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female.

2505.            Unlike other four legged mammals, kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

2506.            The itch from a mosquito bite can be soothed by cutting open a clove of garlic and
    rubbing it on the bite.

2507.            If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also
    have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a
    dollar.

2508.            Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

2509.            A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed.

2510.            Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.