Fact No.306

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

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!

Fact No.304

A tomato is 94% water.

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"

Fact No.302

Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, hated carrots alot.

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.

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.

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.

Fact No.298

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

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.

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.

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.

Fact No.294

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

Fact No.293

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

Fact No.292

Our Earth orbits the sun at a speed of 66,700 mph.

Fact No.291

The most common surname in England is "Smith".

Fact No.290

The most commonly used computer password is "password".

Fact No.289

The world’s largest tyre manufacturer is Lego.

Fact No.288

Today is international lefthanders day.

Fact No.287

Worms are hermaphrodites (both male and female).

Fact No.286

Glaciers store about 75% of the world's fresh water.

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.

Fact No.284

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

Fact No.283

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

Fact No.282

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

Fact No.281

Lightning is about 6 times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Fact No.280

Today is international beer day.

Fact No.279

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

Fact No.278

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

Fact No.277

Approximately 2% of the earth's surface is inhabited by humans.

Fact No.276

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