Snapple Real Facts #3

• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
• Manufacturing recycled goods uses up to 95% less energy than using raw materials.
• On average, a laptop uses half as much energy as a desktop computer.
• When thirsty, a camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than three minutes.
• The term rookies comes from a Civil War term, "reckie", which was short for recruit.
• The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibretes 32,768 times a second.
• The average person takes 23,000 breaths a day.
• The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as five minutes.
• The first TV toy commerical aired in 1946 for Mr. Potato Head.
• Clearwater, Flordia has the highest rate of lightening strikes per capita in the U.S.
• President Warren G. Harding once lost White House china in a poker game.
• The most widely-eaten fruit in America is the banana.
• South Carolina is home to the first tea farm in the U.S.
• Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens.
• The average housefly lives for one month.
• Unlike a normal housecat, the Siberian tiger loves to swim.
• George Washington was the only unanimously elected President.
• Only male fireflies can fly.
• Penguins can jump 6 feet.
• Turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth can save up to five gallons of water.