41.
In a study by the University of Chicago in 1907, it was concluded that
the easiest colour to spot is yellow. This is why John Hertz, who is the
founder of the Yellow Cab Company picked cabs to be yellow.
42. It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
43. On average a business document is copied 19 times.
44. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.6 million people.
45.
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song "Happy Birthday."
They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial
use of the song.
46. All babies are colour-blind when they are born.
47. Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
48.
Each nostril of a human being registers smells in a different way.
Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the
left. However, smells can be detected more accurately when made by the
left nostril.
49.
Humans are born with 350 bones in their body, however when a person
reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of
them join together to make a single bone.
50. May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months.
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