Random Facts of the Day

20 Random Facts of the Day

1. All the Krispy Kreme donut stores collectively could

make a doughnut stack as high as the Empire State Building

in only 2 minutes.

2. In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency

because of the shortage of coins.

3. In North America there are approximately 618 roller

coasters.

4. If someone was to fly once around the surface of the

moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to

London.

5. Soldier’s disease is a term for morphine addiction.

The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.

6. According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the

best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting.

7. The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about

400 years.

8. Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet is the

most expensive painting sold at an auction. It was

purchased for $85.2 million dollars.

9. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets,

etc.) worldwide.

10. One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants

from the air each year.

11. A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has

the same impact of a .22 bullet.

12. Your brain is 80% water.

13. Poll results: Nachos is the food most craved by

mothers-to-be.

14. The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he

was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn

how to speak.

15. The amount of aluminum that Americans throw out in

three months is enough to rebuild all American commercial

planes.

16. During World War II, condoms were used to cover

rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the

soldiers swam to shore.

17. O.J. Simpson had a severe case of rickets and wore

leg braces when he was a child.

18. The material to build the Taj Mahal was brought in

from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants.

19. Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for

maintaining healthy bones.

20. The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the

afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit

around this time.

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