November 2009
6 posts
Of the 17k+ words Shakespeare used, over 1700 are recorded there for the first time. http://bit.ly/1Ccv1j
“300 million [golf] balls are lost or discarded in the United States alone, every year.” http://bit.ly/3yXjsq
“LEGO is the world’s No. 1 tire manufacturer.” They produce 306 million tiny tires a year. http://bit.ly/3IMnnA
10 percent of electricity in the US comes from “dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones.” http://bit.ly/WFO6Q
Kafka invented HARD HAT while working @ Worker’s Accident Insurance Institute of Kingdom of Bohemia http://bit.ly/33sNfc
“The number of licenses to operate cabs in New York [City] has actually shrunk since 1937.” http://bit.ly/4F8MW9