Fun Factoids

Really bored, and for some reason wide awake, I decided to write a short, simple, yet educational, post. I hope that all of whom wander through my blog enjoy these fun factoids!

1. Coffee beans aren't beans they're fruit pits; making coffee the most consumed fruit in America
2. The whole "5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays in this October happens once every 823 years" is a myth. That happens at least once each year. And the next time it will happen in October is 2021, which I'm pretty positive that that's not 823 years away.
3. The average American drinks 3.4 cups of coffee a day
4. People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide
5. 7 Up's original name was Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda
6. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
7. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111= 12,345,678,987,654,321
8. Clans long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them, burned down their house. Hence "being fired".
9. The average number of hours a child spends at school a year: 900
   The average number of hours a child spends watching TV a year: 1500
10. On average 100 people choke on ball-point pens a year
11. In 2004, a lab in Texas received a $6 million grant to breed radioactive armadillos for possible use in warfare
12. Four-leaf clovers are created by the same mutation that causes conjoined twins
13. Martin Luther King Jr. lip-synced most of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
14. The tomato has been brought back from the verge of extinction at least 3 times since it was first domesticated
15. Narwhals can crawl across dry land for distances up to 50 yards (150 feet)

And those were some riveting new facts that I bet you didn't know! Which one was your favorite? 

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(I thought that might be important to add too)