26 September 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 24 (26/9/2013)






231.  A rabbit is not able to vomit.

232.  
The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden
         hose.

233.  
Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in 1848 for about 20 hours because there
         was ice that was blocking the Niagara River.

234.  
The world's first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations
         and 253 miles of track.

235.  
The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding.

236.  
There are more than 40 million Americans that have "chronic halitosis," which is bad
         breath that never goes away.

237.  
The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours.

238.  
Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph.

239.  
The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in.

240.  
The country with the highest consumption of candy at 29.5 pounds annually per person is
         Denmark.


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