Daniel Radcliffe went through 160 pairs of glasses and around 70 wands during filming for the Harry Potter film series.
7/21/14
Fact of the Week: August 6, 2014
Mosquitoes are responsible for killing more humans than any other animal. They have killed more people than those who have died in war.
Mosquitoes transmitting malaria kill 2 million to 3 million people and infect another 200 million or more every year. Tens of millions more are killed and debilitated by a host of other mosquito-borne diseases, including filariasis, yellow fever, dengue and encephalitis.
Cite:
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pcmosquitoes.htm
Fact of the Week: July 21, 2014
Today marks what would be Ernest Hemingway's 115th birthday!
Cite:
http://www.biography.com/people/ernest-hemingway-9334498
7/14/14
Fact of the Week: July 14, 2014
The U.S. is the third most populous country, but it barely adds up to even 1/4 of the top two countries, China and India's, respective populations.
Cite: World Factbook (CIA)
Cite: World Factbook (CIA)
6/30/14
Fact of the Week: June 30, 2014
There are an estimated 7,100 languages spoken worldwide. About 80% of them are spoken by less than 100,000 people. However, about 50 of those languages are only spoken by 1 person!
Cite: World factbook (CIA)
Cite: World factbook (CIA)
6/23/14
Fact of the Week: July 7, 2014
The world birth rate is: 18.7 births/1,000 population. This rate brakes down to about 255 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second (2014 est.)
Cite: World Factbook, CIA
Cite: World Factbook, CIA
Fact of the Week: June 23, 2014
Barn Owls (Tyto alba), and at least eight other genera of owl, have asymmetrical openings to their ears, meaning one ear is higher than the other. A sound coming from above will seem slightly louder in the ear with the higher opening.
Cite: https://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/How_Owls_Hunt.html
Cite: https://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/How_Owls_Hunt.html
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