25 January 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 139 (19/01/2014)






1381.            Julie Nixon, daughter of Richard Nixon married David Eisenhower, grandson of
    Dwight Eisenhower.

1382.            The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a
    chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

1383.            The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel.

1384.            A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as a person able to jump up
    1,000 feet in the air.

1385.            Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, once pinned an opponent using only a single
    finger.

1386.            The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few
    boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a
    confined area adjoining the racquets court.

1387.            Coca-Cola was originally green.

1388.            When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." Theyactually pass out
    from sheer terror.

1389.            You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.


1390.            Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is
    The Ladybird Beetle.


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