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TIP is the acronym for "To Insure Promptness." Alexander Graham Bell never phoned his wife or mother because they were deaf. To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth. Bananas are the world's most popular fruit after tomatoes. Leonardo da Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously. Your heart beats 101,000 times a day. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 400 million litres (800 million pints) of blood. Your mouth produces 1 litre (1.8 pints) of saliva a day. On average, people can hold their breath for one minute. The world record is seven-and-a-half minutes. Einstein's brain was of average size (1375 grams - 49oz). A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water. Men loose about 40 hairs a day. Women loose about 70 hairs a day. ...