Fast facts.(INDUSTRY NEWS & NOTES)(Brief article)

Research indicates that PLANTS grow healthier when they are stroked.

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It takes EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES for light to get from the sun to earth.

One out of 20 people have an EXTRA RIB.

The chances of making TWO HOLES-IN-ONE in a round of golf are one in 67 million.

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At 120 miles per hour, a FORMULA ONE RACE CAR generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.

During his lifetime, artist VINCENT VAN GOGH only sold one of his paintings.

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The city of Las Vegas has the MOST HOTEL ROOMS in the world.

Americans collectively eat ONE HUNDRED POUNDS of chocolate every second.

ACORNS were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.

The bark of an older REDWOOD TREE is fireproof.

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