AchieveMax® Blog

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.

• More hot dogs—2 million a year—are sold at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport than at any other location in the world.
• Sliced bread was banned during WWII. The slicers were melted down for the war effort.
• In Eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas.
• Chicago has 29 miles of lake frontage and 15 miles of public beach.
• A lightning bolt strikes so fast it could circle the globe eight times in a second.
• 90% of all airplane collisions take place on the ground.
• 1 lb. of coffee makes about 50 cups; 1 lb. of tea leaves makes about 300 cups of tea.

Harry K. Jones is a professional speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of motivational speakers who provide custom-designed keynote presentations, seminars, and consulting services. Harry has appeared all over North America addressing topics such as change, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork and time management for a number of industries, including education, financial, government, healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2MAX or fill out our contact form.

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