Fact-A-Day from Harry K. Harry K. Jones on 15 Apr 2008 10:00 am
Fact-A-Day from Harry K. - April 15, 2008
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.
- A cow must be a mother before she will produce milk. To make 9 gallons of milk a day, a cow must drink 18 gallons of fresh, clean water (2 gallons of water for every gallon of milk).
- A cricket cannot hear its own chirping.
- Adding up all the times you blink in a day, your eyes are closed for a total of 30 minutes.
- All-night diner’s have a term for 2:30 a.m., when the bars close. They call it Drunk-thirty.
- All U.S. telephones were turned off to honor Alexander Graham Bell during his funeral in 1922.
- Animal sounds: Apes gibber, deer bell, and hippos bray.
- Hannibal, Missouri, celebrates its annual Tom Sawyer Day with a fence-painting race.
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.
