Fact-A-Day from Harry K. Harry K. Jones on 30 Sep 2008 10:00 am
Fact-A-Day from Harry K. - September 30, 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 recent study found that about 65,000 people per year are hospitalized with lawn-mowing-related injuries.
- A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches.
- A typical American child spends 68 days—18% of the year—in front of a TV or computer screen.
- Babe Ruth’s salary in 1932: $80,000. Barry Bond’s in 2007: $5.5 million. Do the math.
- Best-selling car of all time: the Toyota Corolla with more than 32 million sold since 1966.
- Canned herring are called sardines because the canning process was developed in Sardinia.
- China borders 16 other countries.
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.
