15 February 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 163 (12/02/2014)






1621.            The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours (11 days) by Randy Gardner in
    1965.

1622.            The giant squid is the largest animal without a backbone.

1623.            There is enough water in American swimming pools to cover the whole city of San
    Francisco seven feet deep.

1624.            215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton.

1625.            Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

1626.            Pineapples were first introduced into Europe by Christopher Columbus.

1627.            When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.

1628.            The Food and Drug Administration says the most common injury from cosmetics
    comes from scratching the eye with a mascara wand.

1629.            It has been medically been proven that laughter is an effective pain killer.
1630.            Cataloupes are named after the gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy where some belive
    this melon was first grown.


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