16 November 2013

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 73 (14/11/2013)






721.  The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres
         that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fiber paper approximately 3000
         times stronger than regular paper.

722.  
The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.

723.  
Over 90% of poison exposures occur in homes.

724.  
Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America.

725.  
Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in
         the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.

726.  
Americans consumed more than twenty billion hot dogs in 2000.

727.  
The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors.

728.  
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines
         were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to
         walk up straight staircases.

729.  
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

730.  
It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in
         diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times.



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