14 May 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 253 (13/05/2014)






2521.            The 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by
    a female director to gross over $100 million domestically.

2522.            When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed
    of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a
    man-made object.

2523.            In 1972, a gorilla by the name of "Koko" was taught ASL (American Sign
    Language) for the deaf. By the year 2000, the gorilla could understand
    approximately 2,000 English words.

2524.            3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria.

2525.            The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair
    follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the
    hair colour.

2526.            Approximately 125 people die in the United States from an anaphylaxis to foods
    each year.

2527.            The word "vamp" is used to describe the upper front top of a shoe.

2528.            Construction on the White House began in October of 1792.

2529.            A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar
    system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.


2530.           Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.


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