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10 facts for today

Posted in The Facts by Ruslan Ulanov on the October 25th, 2007
  1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
  2. 40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
  3. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
  4. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
  5. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
  6. Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as a medicine.
  7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
  8. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
  9. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
  10. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.

10 facts for today

Posted in The Facts by Ruslan Ulanov on the October 8th, 2007
  1. Coca-cola was originally green.
  2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.
  3. Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2)poodle; 3)golden retriever;
  4. Dumbest dog: afghan
  5. Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
  6. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
  7. Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up: 1 in 2
  8. Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class: $40,000
  9. City with the most Rolls Royce’s per capita: Hong Kong
  10. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska