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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.

• In 1869 Thomas Edison of Boston, Massachusetts, received a patent for his electric voting machine.
• In 1949, the salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance added for each year in office. Today, the President makes $200,000 a year.
• In a year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls.
• In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.
• It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs … but not downstairs.
• It took Henry Ford’s Motor Company seven years to manufacture 1 million automobiles. One-hundred-thirty-two working days after this figure was reached (in 1924), the company had made 9 million more cars.
• Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.

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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