10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 275 (04/06/2014)

2741.            The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats.

2742.            The music for "The Star Spangled Banner" comes from a British drinking song
    named "Anacreon."

2743.            27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential
    hell." (big surprise, eh?).

2744.            Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue.

2745.            Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that
    is the size of a carat or more.

2746.            Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.

2747.            An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

2748.            In Britain, The Red Lion is the most common name for a pub.

2749.            In 1997, the record for the highest skydive by a dog at 4,572 feet was established
    by a dog named Brutus.

2750.            The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home.