Random Facts: 94/15/12

The Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the spiritual leader and head of the state of Tibet. Born on July 6, 1935, he was just 2 years old when he was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He took the throne at age 4 and became a monk at age 6. The Dalai Lama has a range of pastimes including meditating, gardening, and repairing watches.

According to a study by the American Journal of Public Health, adults who watch three hours of TV a day are more likely to be obese than those who keep it under an hour. Soft drinks represent the largest single source of added sugars in the American diet. The average American will drink 54 gallons of soft drink a year.

Andy Warhol made over 300 underground films. 'Sleep', the first, simply showed a man asleep for six hours. In 2006, billionaire collector Eli Broad paid $11.8 million for Warhol's small painting of a can of Campbell's soup.

Acoustic guitars date back to the 16th century. Over the course of 100 years, they became the predominant instrument in Europe. The acoustic guitar is the world's most played instrument. It is also one of the most versatile, heard in classical, jazz, rock, pop, country, metal, and punk music from around the world.

The 25% of India's population with the highest IQ is bigger than the total population of the U.S. India has more honors students than the U.S. has students period. One in five adults in the developing world - almost 862 million people - cannot read or write.

Elvis Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in 1967 after 7 years of courtship. They had one child, Lisa Marie Presley, born in 1968. They separated in 1972.

The popular toy company Lego began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (7 April 1891 - 11 March 1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called "LEGO", from the Danish phrase leg godt, which means "play-well". Each Lego piece must be manufactured to an exact degree of precision. When two pieces are engaged they must fit firmly, yet be easily disassembled. The machines that make Lego bricks have tolerances as small as 10 micrometers.

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