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William is back! huh. Daily facts.

Hello everyone, i am back and i really missed posting facts for you, so here goes…

1.  The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to read until he was 17 years old.
2. The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the english language.
3. The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning “to build.”
4. The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.
5. The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building.
6. The search engine Google got its name from the word “googol,” which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
7. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.
8. The sea cucumber spills its internal organs out as a defense mechanism.
9. The sap of a banana plant leaves serious stains on hands and clothes that is extremely hard to remove.
10. The Sanskrit word for “war” means “desire for more cows.”
11. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
12. The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.
13. The ruby red slippers in the movie “The Wizard of Oz” were sold off at an auction for $660,000.
14. The Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil.
15. The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana.
16. The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore.  updated
17. The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart.
18. The rhinoceros beetle can carry up to 850 times its weight on its back. This is equivalent to a person carrying over 50 mini-vans on their back.
19. The revolving door was invented in 1888, and sold in auction by Theophilus Van Kannel.
20. The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
21. The Red Cross is called the Red Crescent in Arab countries.
22. The record for the longest Monopoly game played in a bathtub is ninety-nine hours.
23. The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose.
24. The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body.
25. The reason why the Canadian Arctic is called the “Land of the Midnight Sun” is because during the summer many communities have light 24 hours of the day. Many people have to cover their windows with tin foil to keep the light out when they sleep.
26. The reason why tattoos do not vanish even though we shed our skin is because the dye is injected deeper into the dermis part of the skin. It is only the epidermis that we shed.
27. The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle.

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William’s contacting you from the camp.. A daily fact indeed, lol

So, Hello everyone, i’m really sorry since i can’t post any facts from here since i don’t have enough free time to do it and i don’t have any factsa prepared. There’s only one pc with an internet connection and everyone wants to use it. There are like 25 people participating in this project. We have 11 different countries/nationalities here so it’s pretty interesting to know the people from all over europe and asia a little bit. I will post some facts tomorrow maybe since i’m going home for a couple of hours but i still can’t promise you anything so i don’t think that you will get facts on a daily basis from now till the 30th day. Have a good day everyone.

Best wishes from William, camp “Sedula”.

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I will add more facts to this post since you all know i am going away for a week and i don’t know for sure will i have internet access daily or not. There’s still a possibility that i won’t have it at all, have fun reading!

1. The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17.
2. The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches.
3. The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe.
4. The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.
5. The Taj Mahal was actually built for use as a tomb.
6. The Super Bowl is so popular that it is the number on at-home party event of the year.
7. The Super Bowl is broadcast to over 182 countries in the world.
8. The sun shrinks five feet every hour.
9. The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass.
10. The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.
11. The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure.
12. The study of twins is known as gemellology.
13. The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.
14. The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
15. The stringy thing that is seen in egg whites is called “chalazae.”
16. The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
17. The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie.
18. The stomach of an adult can hold 1.5 liters of material.
19. The state that has the most diners in the world is New Jersey, which is referred to as the “Diner Capital of the World.”
20. The state that grows the most cranberries is Wisconsin. More than 300 million pounds of cranberries are grown in Wisconsin.
21. The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin before 1796.
22. The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.
23. The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.
24. The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
25. The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high.
26. The stage were the television sitcom “Friends” is shot on is said to be haunted.
27. The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice.
28. The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the “water displacing” substance.
29. The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii.
30. The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war.
31. The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red.
32. The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.
33. The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
34. The speed at which honey bees fly is at 15 miles per hour.
35. The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella.
36. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.
37. The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away.
38. The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore.
39. The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee.
40. The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose.
41. The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases.
42. The smile is the most frequently used facial expression. A smile can use anywhere from a pair of 5 to 53 facial muscles.
43. The smallest will ever written was 3.8 cm in diameter. It had 40 words written on it and was signed by two witnesses.
44. The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm.
45. The smallest frog is the “Brazilian baby frog”, which is smaller than a dime.
46. The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, which is located in the ear.
47. The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear.
48. The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long.
49. The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long.

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1. Construction on the White House began in October of 1792. <> And I think it’s still being upgraded on a daily basis, but still, that building is very old.
2. Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173. <> Did I say the last one was old? Now this is old!
3. Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. <> Pretty amazing I would say, people just tend to be scared of sharks, but maybe the sharks are more afraid of us then we are of them? This is quite amusing.
4. Coca-Cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space. <> A hand for coca-cola! Fun and funny at the same time, great!
5. Coca-Cola was originally green. <> Did you know that? After reading this, I think some of the people who drink coca-cola might stop doing it.
6. Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced. <> How’s this for a soda? Cocaine… Fun and amusing at the same time.
7. Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning “little lion.” <> Wouldn’t say it’s a lion, more of a frog for me. Funny.
8. Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs. <> Tuff luck for these guys. Can’t imagine having uneven ones. Pretty amusing I guess.
9. Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes <> I guess we’ll have to watch out for it then, lol. Fun, fun, fun.
10. Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible. <> Who’s eating their meat anyways? Nonsense, but still, pretty amusing and funny.

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