airborne over the US any
given hour: 61,000
Army doctor D.W. Bliss attended to two presidents after they were shot by assassins. In 1865 he was one of the 16 doctors who tried to save Abraham Lincoln. In 1881 he supervised the care of James Garfield.
Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
Apparently, according to Playtex, the best selling bra sizes these days are 34B and 36B.
Apparently 1/3 of people with alarm clocks hit the 'snooze' button every morning, and from 25-34 age group, it is over 1/2. (r u 1 of them?)
Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of it's surface tension.
Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of French fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort.
Animal gestation periods: the shortest is the American possum, which bears its young 12 to 13 days after conception; the longest is the Asiatic elephant, taking 608 days, or just over 20 months.
Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
An ounce of gold can be beaten up into a sheet covering 9.3 sq. meters, or drawn into 80.5 kms(50 miles) of wire.
An average person drinks about 16,000 gallons of wate during his life time
An area of the Sun's surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles.
An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this you can pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
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