Daily Facts (30 Mar 2023)

Today's facts:

The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid
The phrase "Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride," actually originates from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash from 1924
On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs
The appliance that uses the most use of water in the home is the toilet
In only eight minutes, the Space Shuttle can accelerate to a speed of 27,000 kilometres per hour.
Astronauts get taller when they are in space
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
Two objects have struck the earth with enough force to destroy a whole city. Each object, one in 1908 and again in 1947, struck regions of Siberia. Not one human being was hurt either time
The original meaning of the word grocer was referring to a person who traded food in wholesale. These people would usually sell in large quantities, or by the "gross."

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