10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 269 (29/05/2014)

2681.            The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches.

2682.            One in five Americans move homes every year.

2683.            The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1933.

2684.            The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou.

2685.            A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds.

2686.            The Liberty Bell was the first mechanical slot machine, which was invented by
    Charles Fey, a car mechanic in 1895.

2687.            A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a
    special tax.

2688.            The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated.

2689.            The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men.

2690.            The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General
    Purpose" vehicle, G.P