AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING XCVIII

1. The sun shrinks and grows again by 2 kilometers every 11 years. This is about 1.24 miles and eventually the sun will incinerate the earth. Should we worry? Only if you plan on being around for the next five billion years. 

2. Pepsi was originally promoted to relieve indigestion.

3. In the 1985 election for mayor of Boise, Idaho, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.

4. A dime has 118 ridges around its edge.

5. On average, a driver will swear 32,025 times in a lifetime of driving.

6. At any given moment, 66% of the body's blood is in the veins and 34% in arteries and capillaries.

7. Billy the Kid was born in Brooklyn, New York. He called himself William H. Bonney, after his mother's maiden name, but his original name was probably Henry McCarty.

8. According to studies of typical households, the kitchen is the room in which most family arguments take place.

9. No matter when a thoroughbred racehorse is born, its "birthday" is January 1 in the northern hemisphere and August 1 in the southern hemisphere. This makes it easier to keep track of thoroughbred horses' blood lines.

10. October is national bat appreciation month.