Improve your g.k. part - 5

CA Bhargav Nathwani (CA in Practice) (8307 Points)

30 May 2013  

Some Interesting Facts :
 


A "Blue Moon" is the second full moon in a calendar month (it is rarely blue).
 


A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.


 
A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year. (what a calculation..!!!)


 
A 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar has only 220 calories. A 1.75 oz. serving of potato chips has 230 calories. (stop eating costly Silks..let's start potato Wafers.)


 
A 10-gallon hat actually only holds about 3/4 gallon.


A 17 year old girl from Miami, Florida started to sneeze on 4th January'66 ant continued till 8th June'66. Know more about sneeze here : SNEEZE  (link given)

 
A 6 pound sea-hare can lay 40,000eggs in a single minute.


 
A 7-year study, which concluded in the summer of 2000, found that 33 U.S. deaths were caused by rottweilers (DOG), pit bulls were responsible for 27 deaths. Know more about at : rottweilers


 
A acre of coffee trees can produce up to 10,000 pounds of coffee cherries. That amounts to approximately 2000 pounds of beans after hulling or milling.

 

 

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