Fun Facts to Brighten Your Monday

MONDAY-


Is Monday one of your least favorite days of the week? i know it's one of mine...right after relaxing all day on Sunday's (especially yesterday with the great weather we had here in Central Illinois). I just thought I'd try to brighten your day a little by sharing some fun facts!

-If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

-When you're going to shop for a new car, do it on a Monday. Car sales people make the bulk of their sales on the weekends. When Monday rolls around, there are usually few customers in sight, and the weekend is a long ways off. That's why car sales people
are more desperate on Monday, and they'll be more willing to cut you a deal.


-U.S. dairy farmers receive less than $1.32 per gallon of milk they produce.
The average retail price of milk is $2.76.
The average dairy cow produces seven gallons of milk a day.
The average person consumes 584 pounds of dairy products a year.


-When you place a seashell over your ear you are hearing the blood in your veins rushing, rather than the ocean


- Elevators in the Statue of Liberty use a soy-based hydraulic fluid.


- On average, people who use their right hand live 9 years longer than people who use their left


- There are 3 colors that don’t rhyme with anything (silver, orange, and purple)


- Americans today consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year! The average American eats about 68 quarts!


- In the United States, lettuce is the second most popular fresh vegetable.


- Blueberries are a good source of Vitamin C and fiber


- Pasta is one of America’s favorite foods. Last year, 1.3 million pounds of pasta were sold in American grocery stores. If you lined up 1.3 million pounds of 16 oz. spaghetti packages, it could circle the Earth’s equator almost nine times!










- The peach is a member of the rose family and will have a sweet fragrance when ripe.