10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 183 (04/03/2014)

1821.            Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been mixing the soap formula
    causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much
    they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.

1822.            Sir John Harington, the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, was the inventor of the toilet.

1823.            The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his
    drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a
    patent in 1923 and named it "Epsicle." The name was later changed to Popsicle.

1824.            In the U.S., approximately 46% of the chicken that is eaten by people comes from
    restaurants or other food outlets.

1825.            An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow
    backwards.

1826.            The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

1827.            There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous":
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

1828.            One pound of maple syrup can make eight pounds of candy or sugar.

1829.            Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

1830.            The peanut is not a nut, it is actually a legume.