Fact-A-Day from Harry K. Harry K. Jones on 21 Oct 2008 10:00 am
Fact-A-Day from Harry K. - October 21, 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.
- In computer lingo, a nybble is half of a byte, or four bits.
- In its 19-month existence, the Pony Express delivered 34,753 pieces of mail.
- In Scandinavia, children go trick-or-treating on December 26th.
- Iowa is bigger than Portugal.
- It’s illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.
- It takes a combine harvester nine seconds to harvest enough wheat to make 70 loaves of bread.
- It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce … and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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