10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - 198 (19/03/2014)

1871.            In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried
    in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate.

1872.            More than 100 professional cyclists participate in the Tour de France every year
    and the race is over 3,200 kilometers.

1973.            In the United States, turkeys are mostly raised in California.

1974.            The only state to grow pineapples is Hawaii.

1975.            There are more than 50 different types of pumpkins. Some of them have names
    such as Munchkin, Funny Face, and Spooktacular.

1976.            In order to mate, a male deep sea anglerfish will bite a female when he finds her.
    The male will never let go and will eventually merge his body into the female and
    spend the rest of his life inside the female mate. The males internal organs will
    disappear apart from the testes that are needed to for breeding.

1977.            Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed
    "Galloping Gertie" because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with
    the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on
    November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog.

1978.            At least 7% of all health care costs in the United States are attributed to smoking.

1979.            On September 7, 1997, the first flight of the F-22a occurred.

     1980.      There are five years in a quinquennium