Did you / do you know these five facts?
1. Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention.
Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant and chef, came up with the idea of adding canned pineapple to pizza in 1962. Inspired by Chinese sweet and sour cooking, he introduced this unique combination at the Satellite Restaurant in Ontario.
Despite initial scepticism, Hawaiian pizza gained popularity worldwide once people gave it a taste. Interestingly, it’s named after the brand of canned pineapples used, not Hawaii itself.
2. The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
Known as the stapes bone, this tiny bone is, on average, 0.09 × 0.11 inches (3 × 2.5 mm) in size.
The stapes bone can be found in the middle ear of humans and many other animals. It is vital in transferring vibrations from sounds into the inner ear.
3. Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.
The ocean covers around 70% of the Earth’s surface, and it is much harder to explore than land.
As much as 20% of the ocean floor has now been mapped, thanks to advancements in sonar technologies. The reason we’ve explored so little of the ocean is that the technology needed has only developed over the last 100 years.
4. Recycling just one tin can saves enough energy to watch television for 3 hours.
That’s how important recycling is! In fact, recycling an aluminium can into a new one takes only 5% of the energy required to produce one normally.
The average person has the chance to recycle 25,000 cans in their lifetime – that’s 75,000 hours of television!
5. The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
Unless you’re a bit of a couch potato, you will, on average, walk around 7,500 steps daily. The average person lives until they’re 80, so it works out that you’ll walk about 110,000 miles (177,027 km) in your lifetime.
The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 24,900 miles (40,072 km).
Providing you’re an average person, who takes average strides and lives an average length of time, it’s entirely possible to walk the globe five times!
~xx ooo xx~
We did have some sunshine and blue sky yesterday, so a good day to add to my walking around the world five times!
~ enjoy your day ~
All the best Jan
28 comments:
Interesting facts! I'm a fan of Hawaiian pizza, the rest of my family is not.
Great facts to learn at beginning of the week
...so we have Canada to blame for pineapple on pizza!
I knew about the bone in the ear but the others were new facts to me.
Interesting facts Jan
you are a font of knowledge!
I knew number 2 and that's all. I have vague recollections of 3 and 5. All useful stuff for quizzes, I suppose, if you do that sort of thing.
Once upon a time, I walked all the time...A LOT. I think I walked enough for two life times!! lol.....I did not know that about the cans. I am trying to get back to recycling. Cans are the easiest. Plastic I understand, even though we do our part, actually having much recycled into something is very low....like the low percent of the ocean being explored. I had heard a long time ago that so much of the ocean we do not know. I can imagine that there are critters down there we have never seen! Course, being I don't swim and I don't like water in my face, there is ALOT I have not seen and prob never will.
Interesting facts, thanks for sharing.
Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week!
I always enjoy your blog posts like this, because I always learn something that I didn't know. - Anne (Cornucopia)
I already feel like I've walked at least 4 1/2 times around the world! lol
hugs
Donna
Those are really fun facts.
I knew some of these but not all. Thanks for the info. Have a nice day.
Jan, I didn't know the origin of pineapple pizza. Around here there are those who love it and others who detest it. Regarding the number of steps, I tell you that I have taken the trouble to count them in my daily walk and I give: in 100m approximately 100.
Well at least I knew about number 2 !!
The daffodils make me smile!
Not liking pineapple on pizza, I like barbeque on pizza.
Only 5% of the oceans have been explored!!!! WOW!!!!
This was great, I enjoyed this! Thank you Jan and all the best!
Fun facts and lovely daffodils!
Interesting facts.
Muy interesante. Te mando un beso.
For once the only one I knew was the stapes.
These are really fun facts. Who would of thought Hawaii pizza came from Canada. :)
Very interesting facts. I always knew recycling was very important but didn't realise how nay hours of tv watching an aluminium can was equivalent to!
I always enjoy your "did you know" posts -- and usually I don't know! (Although I think I recently heard something about the ear bone being small!) That tin fact is amazing.
I didn't know any of these, I am a big recycler so I am good to know, but I have heard that all that you recycle doesn't always get recycled so that was a little hard to hear but I still do it.
Hawaiian pizza is a favourite with our grandchildren. I did not know it was invented here in Canada, but I do know it's been around for a very long time!
Precioso ramo de narcisos. Besos.
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