25 January 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 145 (25/10/2014)






1441.            Smelling bananas can help a person lose weight.

1442.            In Miami, Florida, roosting vultures have taken to snatching poodles from rooftop
    patios.

1443.            Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from
    plants and other resources.

1444.            An estimated 690 million people live in Africa.

1445.            The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and
    antlers shed and grow every year.

1446.            African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20
    people would be able to fit inside of it.

1447.            On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day.

1448.            The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball
    league with 22 teams.

1449.            Found in Argentina, the ornate horned frog can eat an entire mouse with one
    swallow.


1450.            Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps in 1840.



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