10 facts for today
- Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
- 40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
- 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
- On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
- Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as a medicine.
- Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
- Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
- There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
- Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
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10 facts for today
- Coca-cola was originally green.
- Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.
- Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2)poodle; 3)golden retriever;
- Dumbest dog: afghan
- Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
- Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
- Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up: 1 in 2
- Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class: $40,000
- City with the most Rolls Royce’s per capita: Hong Kong
- State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska