10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 107 (18/12/2013)

1061.            The American Kestrel hawk weighs only four ounces.

1062.            A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds
    for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in
    Finland are based on how much money a person makes.

1063.            In China, pancakes are generally served as side dishes. They are stuffed with
    meat, bean sprouts, and other vegetables.

1064.            93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women.

1065.            Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will
    not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.

1066.            The most deadly fires that occur in the home happen between 6pm and 10pm.

1067.            There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone.

1068.            There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.

1069.            If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it
    appears from Earth.

1070.         The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third
    world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV.