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500 Facts of the Day
Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:15 — Arthur Cristian
Facts of the Day

1. Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year for 1938.

2. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood.

3. It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids.

4. The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.

5. The first household refrigerator cost about $16,000, in today's money.

6. A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.

7. The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.

8. Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids.

9. By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.

10. In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipe for watermelon rind pickles.

11. In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times.