10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 286 (15/06/2014)

2851.            There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America.

2852.            To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still
    raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked.

2853.            Used in art the word "sfumato" refers to the subtle blending of an outline by
    gradually blending one tone into another.

2854.            There is a species of bird, Antpitta avis canis Ridgley, that barks like a dog.

2855.            The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people.

2856.            Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.

2857.            The Nobel prize was first awarded in 1901.

2858.            The reason why milk is white is because it contains a protein called Casein,
    which is white. Milk also contains fat, which is also white.

2859.            After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin
    in 1996.

2860.            When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose
    teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys
    were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.