http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts Twitter updates from holycrapfacts / holycrapfacts. en-us 40 holycrapfacts: China has a 3rd of the world's smokers. [Source: Financial Times] Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:12:11 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2695485019 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2695485019 holycrapfacts: Lance Armstrong's Tour de France team is sponsored by Kazakhstan (Astana is the country's capital). [Thx Michael] http://bit.ly/MhZJ0 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:06:21 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2572940909 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2572940909 holycrapfacts: Google processes 20 Petabytes of info a day. This is = to the total hardrive space manufactered in 1995. http://www.tinyurl.com/petab Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:54:39 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2537830757 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2537830757 holycrapfacts: It costs $600k for drivers to drive in a single Nascar race (22 crew, car maint etc). (Via @ChetG) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:05:19 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2531298869 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2531298869 holycrapfacts: Accounting for inflation, Gone With the Wind is the highest domestic grossing movie of all time. http://bit.ly/iY7jk Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:43:10 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2496283236 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2496283236 holycrapfacts: oops. http://bit.ly/19mI2o Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:07:26 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2474697237 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2474697237 holycrapfacts: in FL and NY it's against the law on Sundays to walk around with an ice cream cone in your pocket. http://bit.ly/YPEAQ http://bit.ly/13P93t Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:06:10 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2474684146 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2474684146 holycrapfacts: The RAND in RAND Corporation stands for research and development. http://bit.ly/10MaYu Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:09:42 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2439864996 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2439864996 holycrapfacts: Virginia has only 88 primary care physicians for every 100,000 people. http://bit.ly/IdWdu Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:11:20 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2278003545 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2278003545 holycrapfacts: Methods State Dept uses 2 dispose of their old armored cars: burial at sea, explosive demolition, burning, crushing, burial on federal land Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:26:09 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2172530604 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2172530604 holycrapfacts: "20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute" - http://bit.ly/12ybbT Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:47:00 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2075593806 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/2075593806 holycrapfacts: "In 1955, about 1 in 4 (22%) girls received 1 of the 10 most popular names. By 2007 it had dropped to only 8%." - http://bit.ly/oNnXa Thu, 28 May 2009 22:33:37 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1952680238 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1952680238 holycrapfacts: More Americans die from surgery complications each year than car accidents. (The New Yorker) Wed, 27 May 2009 13:26:05 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1935559631 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1935559631 holycrapfacts: the marshmallow was invented by the ancient egyptians. Wed, 27 May 2009 06:44:58 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1933374735 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1933374735 holycrapfacts: "American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008." [Via http://bit.ly/MWtSL] Tue, 26 May 2009 16:07:03 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1924916195 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1924916195 holycrapfacts: For security purposes Marine 1 never travels alone. 2 identical helicopters fly with it in a formation called The Shell Game. Tue, 26 May 2009 14:58:35 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1924234695 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1924234695 holycrapfacts: Pre-WW II there were 22 hitlers in the NYC phone book. Post WW II there were 0. Wed, 20 May 2009 15:35:01 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1860272083 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1860272083 holycrapfacts: The American Heart Association recommends pacing CPR to Bee Gee's song "Stayin' Alive". http://tinyurl.com/5ooeuk Mon, 18 May 2009 23:59:06 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1841543660 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1841543660 holycrapfacts: In japan there are women only cars on the subway because of problems with sexual assault. Sun, 17 May 2009 19:42:43 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1828418260 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1828418260 holycrapfacts: BLDG 31N @ Johnson Space Ctr that houses artifacts including NASA's moon rock collection is designed 2 withstand 1000yrs of water submersion Thu, 07 May 2009 16:56:23 +0000 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1728781142 http://twitter.com/holycrapfacts/statuses/1728781142