| 2881/
Eighty-five percent of all life on Earth is Plankton.
2882/ Most cheeses do
not freeze well. The exception is Stilton, which should be
wrapped in foil or cling film and can be kept for up to three
months. Defrost slowly in the fridge overnight.
2883/ More than 45,000
people will die this year in Canada due to smoking. Of those,
more than 300 non-smokers will die of lung cancer and at least
700 non-smokers will die of coronary heart disease caused
by exposure to second-hand smoke.
2884/ Tobacco smoke contains
over 4,000 chemicals, including at least 50 that cause, initiate
or promote cancer such as tar, ammonia, carbon monoxide, oxides
of nitrogen and benzopyrene.
2885/ Although the amount
of chemicals in each cigarette is small, it is cumulative
- the amount stored in the body increases with each puff of
a cigarette. There is a little bit of chemical in each cigarette
puff, and there are over 10 puffs per cigarette. Over a year,
at one pack of cigarettes a day, a smoker will inhale 73,000
puffs of dangerous chemicals.
2886/ Slovakia boasts
rugged mountains in its central and northern regions. The
High Tatra alpine range houses Gerlachovsky stit, the highest
peak at 8762 feet (2655 metres).
2887/ The City of Mississauga
is Canada's 6th largest city.
2888/ Osteoporosis is
a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to
break. If not prevented or if left untreated, osteoporosis
can progress painlessly until a bone breaks. These broken
bones, also known as fractures, occur typically in the hip,
spine, and wrist.
2889/ Washington State
has more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined.
2890/ In the early 1700s,
hat making had begun to thrive in America. Britain responded
with the 'Hat Act' of 1732, which forbade the export of beaver
felt hats made in the colonies.
2891/ Hatters did, indeed,
go mad. They inhaled fumes from the mercury that was part
of the process of making felt hats. Not recognizing the violent
twitching and derangement as symptoms of a brain disorder,
people made fun of affected hatmakers, often treating them
as drunkards.
2892/ House mice are
able to drop vertically down 12 feet without injury. Mice
can jump straight up 12 inches.
2893/ By law, whisky
can only be described as Scotch whisky if:
It is matured in oak casks in Scotland
It is matured for a minimum of three years
It is bottled at a minimum strength of 40% alcohol by volume
(abv)
2894/ While it is maturing
in casks, whisky loses around 2% of its alcohol by volume
each year in evaporation. This is known as the Angel's Share.
The Angel's Share can amount to almost 10 gallons (more than
45 litres) in 10 years.
2895/ A one gallon plastic
milk container that weighed 120 grams in 1960 now weighs just
65 grams.
2896/ Every year, the
United States makes enough plastic film to shrink-wrap the
state of Texas.
2897/ Recent Studies
of Sleep Deprivation Demonstrate a Sleepiness-Ethanol Interaction.
3 drinks become the functional equivalent of six drinks after
5 nights of partial sleep deprivation. Whilst the extension
of sleep to 10 hours per night reduces the effect of a moderate
dose of alcohol.
2898/ A parrotfish makes
its own sleeping bag to sleep in. It uses mucous (like spit)
to make a see-through bag all around it's body to protect
it from attack by other creatures in the ocean.
2899/ The Largest Gold
Nugget ever found was called the Holterman Nugget. It was
found in Australia on October 19, 1872 and weighed 7,560 ounces.
That's 472 and a half pounds.
2900/ The largest Sapphire
weighed 2,302 carats. It was found in Australia circa 1935,
and was carved into the shape of the head of President Abraham
Lincoln.
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