10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 150 (30/01/2014)

1491.            On average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk.

1492.            On average, a baby in the United States will eat fifteen pounds of cereal in their first
    year of life.

1493.            The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld
    BROthers.

1494.            Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. Percentage of North America that is
    wilderness: 38%.

1495.            Due to sugar shortages to make candy during World War II, movie theatre owners
    turned to popcorn, which is now the best selling snack at movie theatres today.

1496.            A group of whales is called a pod or gam.

1497.            Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with
    hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of
    the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the
    white appearance.

1498.            There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table
    before its final use.

1499.            One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh
    water.

1500.            After the Eiffel Tower was built, one person was killed during the installation of the
    lifts. No one was killed during the actual construction of the tower.