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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.

• The Great Salt Lake is getting saltier—rivers dump 1.1 million tons of new salt into it every year.
• The Hollywood sign weighs 450,000 lbs., an average of 50,000 lbs. per letter.
• The Japanese world koroski means “death induced by overwork.”
• The King Ranch in Texas is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island plus the Borough of Brooklyn, or the size of 982 Central Parks.
• The letter combination “ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways.
• There are 20 possible answers on a Magic 8-Ball: 10 positive, 5 negative, and 5 neutral.
• The White House has a variety of indoor recreational facilities available to the President and his family, including a tennis court, a jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, billiard room, and a bowling lane. 

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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