Fast Facts: Oct. 14
October 14, 2010
- Watching TV uses up 50 percent more calories than sleeping does.
- 20 percent of the people in the whole history of mankind who have lived beyond the age of 65 are alive today.
- On average, a drop of Heinz tomato ketchup leaves the bottle at a speed of 25 miles per year.
- At any given moment, there are some 1,800 thunderstorms somewhere on the planet Earth.
- Six out of seven gynecologists are men.
- The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States.
- Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges do.
- Pollen lasts forever.
