A little blog that gives you an interesting fact every day. So you really will learn something new every day.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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!
Monday, 29 August 2011
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
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.
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