?? Washington's Hair, Airport Hugs, and Vit D

SINCE 2014 ?

233 decibels ?- ?Loudness of the world's loudest creature - the sperm whale. That's louder than a jet engine at takeoff. The loudest land mammal is a howler monkey.?

57%? - ?Percentage of UK adults who have vitamin D levels that are too low.?

700 million ?- ?Estimated number of spiders living on the island of Guam - 40 times more than neighbouring islands. That's over 4 billion hairy spider legs. There are also 2 million snakes on the island.?

2029 ?- ?Year when the 'God of chaos' asteroid will make an ultra-close flyby of Earth. There will be tremors and landslides; but these will be on the asteroid itself, caused by Earth's gravity.?

$15,000 ?- ?Starting bid for a lock of George Washington's hair which goes under auction in New York this week. Buyers can also buy the American flag that was draped over Abraham Lincoln's coffin following his assassination. It's expected the flag will sell for over $1 million.

6 million ?- ?Number of people in the UK who smoke cigarettes. In 2011 the figure was more than 12 million. ?

3 minutes ?- ?Length of time you're allowed to hug for at Dunedin airport in New Zealand. For anything longer, you're asked to go to the car park.

9 of Clubs ?- ?Least liked playing card. Survey respondents voted the Queen of Hearts their favourite.?

120 metres ?- ?Size of the London Eye's wheel. That means you could roll it under the Wembley arch. ?

This Week in History . .

1872 - Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa. It was mysteriously found abandoned four weeks later. The ship was originally called Amazon but had its name changed due to a series of mishaps including the sudden death of its first captain and a collision with another ship in the English Channel.?

1975 - The Sex Pistols make their first performance. It was at St Martins College, London. Sid Vicious didn't join until 1977.

1992 - Chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky in an unofficial match dubbed "Revenge Match of the 20th Century". Their first match was in 1972 in Iceland during the Cold War. Fischer later became an Icelandic citizen.?

2006 - Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death.?During his life he wrote four novels. His best seller was a romance novel called Zabiba and the King and sold a million copies.?

2007 - Android is first released by Google. The logo is based on the man on toilet doors. Android is used on 72% of global mobile devices.?

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