Faudzil @ Ajak

Faudzil @ Ajak
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30 September 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 27 (29/9/2013)






261.  A leech has 32 brains.

262. 
Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up
         blowing up and also blew up his factory.

263.  
In the late 1800's, washing machines and butter churners were sometimes powered by
         dogs walking on treadmills.

264.  
In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the
         British.

265.  
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

266.  
Clarence Crane the inventor of "Crane's Peppermint Life Savers" sold his rights to the
         popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.

267.  
Namco, who are the manufacturers of Pac Man the video game, has estimated that the
         original arcade game has been played over 10 billion times by individuals.

268.  
In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges
         at one another.

269.  
The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair.

270.  
In the world, the United States and France have the most pet dogs. Approximately one
         out of every three families has a pet dog. Switzerland and Germany are the lowest only
         having one dog per every ten families.


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