25 January 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 140 (20/01/2014)






1391.            The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle.

1392.            The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.

1393.            New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the
    world.

1394.            Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe.

1395.            There is a town named Dildo in the province of Newfoundland, Canada.

1396.            For every human in the world there are one million ants.

1397.            The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Suess in the book "If I Ran to the Zoo."

1398.            The postage rate for a letter in 1693 was determined through how much light could
    pass through the letter. The postage rate would be more expensive if less light went
    through, and this process was called candling.

1399.            The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel.


1400.            Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.


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