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‘People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.’ Bill Vaughan
08 July 30: Bacteria
When two people kiss, they exchange between 10 million and one billion bacteria.
08 July 29: Emissions
Between the first Earth Day in 1970 and the new millennium, human-made emissions of greenhouse gases rose 70%.
08 July 27: Foundation
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave more than $8.5-million to their charitable foundation in 2006.
08 July 26: Levels
Studies show HIV-infected men are more likely to progress to AIDS if they are under high stress than those with lower levels of stress.
08 July 23: Payne
Alexander Payne is on the short list of American directors who have final cut rights for their films.
08 July 20: Cuts
During the worst years of the Depression (1933-1934) the overall jobless rate was 25% with another 25% taking wage cuts or working part-time. The gross national product fell by almost 50%.
08 July 19: Womb
Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss. Some scholars speculate this preference starts in the womb.
08 July 17: Balloon
The fastest time to create one balloon dog sculpture is 6.5 seconds by John Cassidy (USA) at the Balloon Saloon store in New York, USA on 28 March 2006.
08 July 14: Regime
Until 1997, contact between tourists and Cubans were de facto outlawed by the Communist regime.
08 July 12: Jeans
An original pair of Levi Strauss & Co (USA) 501 jeans aged over 115 years old was sold to an anonymous Japanese collector for $60,000 through eBay on June 15, 2005.
08 July 10: Eames
The Eames moulded plywood chair, designed by Charles and Ray Eames was named The Best Design of the 20th Century by Time magazine.
08 July 9: Burn
Longest Full-Body Burn (without Oxygen): Ted Batchelor, 2 min 38 sec, Nelson, Ohio, USA, July 17, 2004.
08 July 8: Sofa
Marek Turowski achieved a speed of 148 km/h (92 mph) while driving a motorized sofa at Leicestershire, UK on May 11, 2007.
08 July 7: Wireless
In 1908, U.S. Patent 887,357 for a wireless telephone was issued to Nathan B. Stubblefield of Murray, Kentucky.
08 July 6: Sunlight
‘A daily dose of sunlight may help the immune system guard against invading pathogens and sun-induced skin damage, according to a new study. The findings reveal how immune cells specialize to protect the skin and suggest that staying out of the sun could cause harm if carried too far.’
08 July 5: 720
By August 9, 2001, Elaine Davidson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, had a record-breaking total of 720 piercings.
08 July 3: Waist
Smallest Waist on a Living Person: Cathie Jung, 38.1 cm (15 in), Old Mystic, CT, as of 1999. Cathie Jung's waist is about the same size as a regular jar of mayonnaise. She's been wearing a corset every day for years, and now wears one 24 hours a day.
08 July 2: Instructions
Dolphins have been known to instruct each other as well as receive instructions and act accordingly.
08 July 1: Gallons
Estimated number of gallons of extra gasoline burned each year because Americans are overweight: 938,000,000
08 June 30: Anaesthesia
The 1 or 2% of people who are redheads may require as much as 20% more anaesthesia than blonds or brunettes.
08 June 28: Chain
On December 11, 2004, over 5 million people joined hands to form a human chain, 1,050km (652.4 miles) long from Teknaf to Tentulia, Bangladesh.
08 June 26: Hummer
On July 19, 2007, Paris Hilton attempted to demonstrate her environmental consciousness by telling Us Weekly magazine that she had ordered a Hummer Hybrid.
08 June 22: Eusocial
‘Some insects, such as ants and bees, live in eusocial groups, in which different members carry out specialized jobs to help maintain the colony.’
08 June 21: Ozone
‘A major component of smog, ozone is a by-product of chemical reactions involving nitrogen oxides and other pollutants. It oxidizes lung tissue, causing inflammation. This exacerbates asthma and leads to other respiratory problems.’
08 June 20: Venography
venography: ‘injecting radioactive material into veins for medical examination’
08 June 19: Dyslexics
‘All dyslexics are not alike. According to new research, Chinese- and English-speaking people with the disorder have impairments in different regions of their brains. The findings shed light on the neurological basis of dyslexia and reveal fundamental differences in how brains process the two languages.’
08 June 18: Birdseed
People dish out 500,000 metric tons of birdseed each year in the United States and the United Kingdom.
08 June 17: Cereal
Mothers who eat at least one bowl of cereal per day are more likely to bear sons.
08 June 16: Choice
Researchers have found patterns of brain activity that predict people’s decisions up to 10 seconds before they’re aware they’ve made a choice.
08 June 15: Arsenic
Scientists warn that some rice products for infants contain worrisome levels of arsenic.
08 June 14: Mobile
Minimum number of South Africans who do their banking entirely by mobile phone: 500,000
08 June 10: Rococo
During the Rococo Period, men's clothing became so colourful that women began to feel threatened.
08 June 9: Splashy
152,000 votes were tallied in an online Greenpeace poll last fall to name a humpback whale in the South Pacific; 79 percent favoured the name Mr. Splashy Pants.
08 June 8: Blood
In an average healthy adult, the volume of blood is about one-eleventh of the body weight.
08 June 5: Memory
A team of neuroscientists reports results suggesting that the continuing activity of a particular enzyme is somehow necessary to maintain long-term memory, something that's not predicted by most current hypotheses on the mechanisms of memory.
08 June 2: Shaadi
Number of different skin tones that members of the South Asian matchmaking site Shaadi.com can register as having: 6
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