9 May 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 246 (06/05/2014)






2451.            The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.

2452.            The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes.

2453.            According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the
    U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year.

2454.            It takes 72 minutes for the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower to make one
    revolution.

2455.            Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee
    was brewed.

2456.            All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks
    and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873.

2457.            The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic.

2458.            The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body
    water as ice.

2459.            Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental
    performance and make individuals feel more alert.


2460.         The search engine Google got its name from the word "googol," which refers to
    the number one with a hundred zeros after it.


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