9 September 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 5 (07/9/2013)







41.       It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivalent amount of energy as 30 household lightbulbs to complete an orbit.
42.      The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produce approximately 100,000pounds of jelly beans a day. this amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an
hour.
43.      Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour.
44.      The "naked recreation and travel" industry has grown by 233% in the past decade.
45.      The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest forschoolchildren in 1916.
46.      Most lipstick contains fish scales.
47.      The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in theEnglish language.
48.      The expression cooked "al dente" means "to the tooth." What this means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but
should 
also be tender.
49.      Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse.
50.      No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

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