a lot can happen in 24 hours - 50 factlets

You would be amazed at just what a difference a day makes.......

1. 40,000 trees are cut down just to make paper bags and another 27,000 to make toilet paper.
2. We will each laugh 15 times.
3. We will kiss on average 3 times, exchanging 30 million bacteria.
4. The UK’s national debt will grow by £446,575,342.
5. Your heart beats around 100,000 times.
6. The average worker worldwide will earn £11.
7. A mayfly lives its entire life.
8. Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles and your kidneys will filter 3,000 pints of blood – enough to fill three quarters of a phone box.
9. A single blood cell will make more than 4,300 full circuits of the body.
10. Your cat will habe a 17 hour cat nap (are cats realted to sloth??)s.
11. 200m people worldwide will have sexual intercourse.
12. An astronaut on the International Space Station sneezes 100 times (the weightlessness of space means dust doesn’t settle but floats around getting up their noses.)
13. You take approximately 20,000 breaths and inhale more than 2600 gallons of air.
14. You will release around 17 oz of, erm.... flatulence.
15. 150-200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct, due to environmental damage.
16. The average person takes around 8,000 steps.
17. 250 hedgehogs are killed on British roads.
18. A bat eats around 1,000 insects.
19. One billion gallons of water will tumble over Niagara falls.
20. 3,560 people will take their driving test but only 1,389 will pass.
21. We will each lose 1.2 pints of sweat.
22. There will be 7,200 earthquakes in the world and more than 18,000 thunderstorms.
23. Earth will be hit by lightning more than 8.6 million times.
24. 820,000 portions of fish and chips will be scoffed.
25. 2.3 million people will eat a can of Heinz baked beans – enough to fill Wembley Stadium  more than 25 times.
26. 2,040 homes are broken into in the UK.
27. The average person will spend 12 minutes in the shower.
28. Up to 50 trillion cells die and are replaced in the human body.
29. We each spend 20 minutes on the toilet.
30. More than 5,500 mobile phones are stolen in Britain.
31. 30,000 ants will be gobbled up by a South American Giant Anteater.
32. More than 17,250 websites get hacked.
33. 5,760 cars are broken into.
34. 100,000 taste buds in your mouth are replaced and three pints of saliva are produced.
35. 240 women in the UK are arrested for violence.
36. Oil giant Shell makes a profit of £38,400,000.
37. Your hair grows by 0.01715 inches but you lose between 40 and 100 strands.
38. We will each speak around 48,000 words.
39. The UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall 12 times over.
40. Women spend 298 minutes gossiping with friends.
41. 20m meteors will be visible in the sky.
42. In the UK we throw away 20 million slices of bread, 600,000 whole uncooked eggs and 1.2 million untouched sausages.
43. The Metropolitan Police spend £350,000 protecting royals, diplomats and VIPs.
44. 24 unwanted dogs are put down in the UK.
45. Your body gives off enough heat to bring 24 gallons of water to the boil.
46. 24 crimes will be committed INSIDE British police stations.
47. Comet Hale-Bopp puts out 21 million tons of gas and dust – 50 times more than most comets.
48. 15bn cigarettes are sold around the world and 2,880 people die of lung cancer.
49. A Hummingbird will consume half of their weight in food daily.
50. A hurricane can release enough energy to supply all of our electrical needs for six months.