10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 258 (18/05/2014)

2571.            There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald
    restaurants.

2572.            The CN Tower, in Toronto, is the tallest freestanding structure in the world with a
    height of about 553 metres.

2573.            The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific.
    When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo
    belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots
    fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

2574.            Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173.

2575.            President Lyndon Johnson used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day.

2576.            The Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Chomolungma.

2577.            The word "laser" stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by
    radiation."

2578.            In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.

2579.            There are 315 species of parrot in the world.

2580.            The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million
    people.