In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.
- Wild elephants eat about 220 to 440 pounds each day of all types of vegetation, including grass, fruit, leaves, and bark.
- Because bottled water is considered a food, it is regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration. Tap water is regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Both types of water are subject to testing for contaminates.
- Chocolate is a product of the cacao tree, and the seeds its fruit produces are called cacao beans or cocoa beans. The powder made from these beans is called cocoa powder.
- There are two types of boomerang, returning and non-returning. The returning boomerang was invented by Australian Aborigines thousands of years ago.
- Fortune Cookies were invented in America in 1918 by Charles Jung.
- The first jigsaw puzzle was produced around 1760 by John Spilsbury, a London engraver and mapmaker.
- The first metal lunchbox produced was the Hopalong Cassidy created by the Aladdin Company of Nashville in 1950. They made a blue and a red lunchbox with a four-inch decal on the front side.
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