Here are some random facts for you . . .

1.  The human body is continually renewing itself.  Around 330 billion cells are replaced every day, which is about 1% of all our cells.  Within 80 to 100 days, 30 trillion will have replenished . . . enough to generate a whole new person.

2.  The founder of Timex watches picked the name in honor of his father . . . because his father loved reading “Time” magazine and using Kleenex.

3.  The term “anorexia” was created by a British doctor in the 1800s named Sir William Gull.  And there are theories that he might’ve been Jack the Ripper.

4.  The “Guinness Book of World Records” holds a world record . . . for being the best-selling copyrighted book of all time, even ahead of Webster’s dictionary.

5.  In Quebec, it’s illegal for a woman to take her husband’s last name after they get married.

(Scientific American / Fortune / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Quebec.ca)

(CNET)

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