Did You Know That? Random Facts of the Day

Monday, October 24, 2011

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Did you know that?

Vitamin A can help diminish the depth of wrinkles.
Alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs or 'fruit acids') improve the skin's appearance by speeding up the shedding of old, dead cells from the skin surface.
Retinoids are chemicals that make the skin produce new cells more quickly, making it thicker and more compact.

Random Facts of the Day
These facts are all about MONEY!!

Approximately 80% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.
There are 119 ridges around the outside of a U.S. quarter, 118 around the outside of a U.S. dime, and 150 around the outside of a U.S Kennedy half dollar.

According to Harris Interactive, 70% of men and 57% of women shower daily.
The average bra size today is 36C. Ten years ago it was 34B.
(Maybe this should be a health fact, just saying!)
One in 500 humans has one blue eye and one brown eye.
City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day.

Grape explode when you put them in the microwave.
In South Africa, termites and ants are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like popcorn.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad in first class.
Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.