Classmate Facts # 87 - For the Record...

1. In september 1999 Dustin Phillips of US set a Guinness World Record by drinking a 400 ml (14-oz) bottle of tomato sauce through a straw in 33 seconds.

2. The world's largest industry is tourism affecting 240 million jobs.

3. Americans and Europeans spend over $ 17 billion per year on pet food!!

4. The word millionaire was first used by Benjamin Disraeli in his 1826 novel 'Vivian Grey'.

5. Tobacco is a $ 200 Billion industry, producing six trillion cigarettes a year - about 1,000 cigarettes for each person on the earth.

6. To make one kilo of honey, bees have to visit 4 million flowers, travelling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.