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.

• Added together, the world’s unused frequent flyer miles equal 42,500 round trips to the sun.
• Ben Franklin once wrote an essay on the possibility of waterskiing.
• India ink comes from … China.
• The largest private landowner in New York City is the Catholic Church. The second largest is Columbia University.
• Technically speaking, there are only 46 states in the U.S. … Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia are commonwealths.
• The common flu kills 20,000 people a year.
• Barry White’s music has been used by marine biologists to encourage sharks to mate.

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