Wednesday 31 August 2011

Fact No.306

In 1982 the computer was named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine.

Tuesday 30 August 2011

Fact No.305

If you broke the Great pyramid into slabs 30 cm thick you could build up a wall 1 metre high that would stretch all the way around France! If you had a little more time you could cut it into rods about 6cm 2 - join them together and it would be enough to reach a quarter of the way to the moon!

Sunday 28 August 2011

Fact No.303

The world's largest potato chip was produced by the Pringle's Company in Jackson, TN in 1990. It measures 23" x 14.5"

Saturday 27 August 2011

Friday 26 August 2011

Fact No.301

Recent studies have shown that drinking between one and two cups of tea per day may promote fertility by stopping abnormalities in our chromosomes. In a recent test 250 women drank as little as half a cup of tea per day and their pregnancy rates were twice as high as those who did not.

Thursday 25 August 2011

Fact No.300

There is a cloud of alcohol in outer space with enough alcohol to make four trillion-trillion drinks. It's free for the taking. . . but it's 10,000 light years away from Earth.

Wednesday 24 August 2011

Fact No.299

In 1475, a Turkish law was enacted that made it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he failed to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.

Tuesday 23 August 2011

Fact No.298

One out of every five ice cream eaters share their treat with their dog or cat.

Monday 22 August 2011

Fact No.297

An estimated 80% of all life on earth is found under the ocean surface and the oceans contain 99% of the living space on the planet.

Sunday 21 August 2011

Fact No.296

US citizens watch the most TV. By age 65, an American would have watched the equivalent of 9 years uninterrupted screening, viewing more than 20,000 TV commercials per year.

Saturday 20 August 2011

Fact No.295

Beethoven was the first composer who never had an official court position, thus the first known freelance musician. Born in 1770, he grew up poor, but published his first work at age 12. By age 20 he was famous. He often sold the same score to six or seven different publishers simultaneously, and demanded unreasonably large fees for the simplest work. He was short, stocky, dressed badly, didn't like to bath, lived in squalor, used crude language, openly conducted affairs with married women, and had syphilis. Beethoven was deaf when he composed his Ninth Symphony.

Friday 19 August 2011

Fact No.294

On average, a movie makes about 5 times more from its video sales than ticket takings.

Thursday 18 August 2011

Fact No.293

Cyclists cover a distance of about 2,300 miles during the Tour de France cycle race.

Wednesday 17 August 2011

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Wednesday 10 August 2011

Fact No.285

Clothes dried outside smell better than those that aren't due to photolysis, which is the sunlight breaking down compounds in the laundry that cause odour, such as perspiration and body oils.

Tuesday 9 August 2011

Fact No.284

The acceleration rate of a flea's jump is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.

Monday 8 August 2011

Fact No.283

Each day the earth grows in mass by several tonnes as meteoric dust settles on the surface.

Sunday 7 August 2011

Fact No.282

Thunder is created when lightning rapidly heats the air around it to create a loud explosion.

Saturday 6 August 2011

Thursday 4 August 2011

Fact No.279

There could be as many as 600 billion planets that do not orbit a star.

Wednesday 3 August 2011

Fact No.278

Some women may be able to detect up to a hundred times as many colours as everyone else.

Tuesday 2 August 2011

Monday 1 August 2011

Fact No.276

About 30% of the overall drinking water in america goes to feed grass.