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- Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
- There are 86,400 seconds in day.
- Every time you lick a stamp you gain 1/10 of a calorie.
- Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.
- If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.
- Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.
- Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin.
- The first hard drive available for the Apple had a capacity of 5 megabytes.
- Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17.
If you’ve ever looked through a template site you may have noticed the words Lorem Ipsum
I know I have, and today was the day to find the meaning.
I thought it might be Latin for template site or maybe up your nose with a rubber hose.
This is the meaning, and it’s very interesting.
Just another bit of trivia brought to you by Frances who loves things like this.
