- It took Henry Ford's Motor Company seven years to manufacture 1 million automobiles. One hundred thirty - two working days after this figure was reached (in 1924), the company had made 9 million more cars.
- In 1976 a Los Angele secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50-pound rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than 20 people.
- It is estimated that a plastic container can resist decomposition for as long as 50,000 years.
- When Humphrey Bogart was a baby, a protrait of him paintd by his mother was used as a trademark for Mellin's baby food. The baby Bogart was known to millions as "the Mellin's Baby" and was familiar to Americans long before he became a screen star.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
JUST A THOUGHT
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