10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 273 (02/06/2014)

2721.            The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means "The
    Lizard."

2722.            While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose
    machine called "Traff-O-Data." It was a machine that would analyze information
    gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers.

2723.            The citric acid found in lemon juice is said to be able to dissolve a pearl.

2724.            Robert Southey wrote the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in 1834.

2725.            The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches.

2726.            American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
    salad served in first-class.

2727.            Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

2728.            Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood.

2729.            Dentyne gum was invented in 1899 by a druggist from New York named
    Franklin V. Canning.

2730.            It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach.