Random facts!!
A mated pair of rats can produce up to 15,000 babies in one year.
Americans purchase an average of 100 cans of Campbell's Soup every second of every day in the month of January
Pollen grains are so tiny and uniform they have been used to calibrate instruments that measure in thousandths of an inch. Forget-me-not pollen grains are so small that 10,000 of them can fit on the head of a pin.
The expression 'the whole nine yards' comes from WWII aircraft whose ammunition belts were 27 feet long. When you used your entire ammo belt on a target, you exhausted 'the whole nine yards.'
The Animal Crackers box is designed with a string handle because the animal shaped cookie treats introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty were packaged so they could be hung from Christmas trees.
Americans purchase an average of 100 cans of Campbell's Soup every second of every day in the month of January
Pollen grains are so tiny and uniform they have been used to calibrate instruments that measure in thousandths of an inch. Forget-me-not pollen grains are so small that 10,000 of them can fit on the head of a pin.
The expression 'the whole nine yards' comes from WWII aircraft whose ammunition belts were 27 feet long. When you used your entire ammo belt on a target, you exhausted 'the whole nine yards.'
The Animal Crackers box is designed with a string handle because the animal shaped cookie treats introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty were packaged so they could be hung from Christmas trees.
