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The Number 150

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1. The average American family recycles 150 six packs of aluminum cans a year.
2. 150 = 100101102 = 21124 = 11005, each using 2 different digits an equal number of times.
3. The Human Brain. The breakdown of intracranial contents by volume (1,700 ml, 100%): brain = 1,400 ml (80%); blood = 150 ml (10%); cerebrospinal fluid = 150 ml (10%).
4. Some turtles can live 150 years!
5. There are 150 million sheep in Australia and only 15 million people.
6. A python can swallow a rabbit whole and may eat as many as 150 mice in a six-month period.
7. A flea can jump 150 times its size.
8. A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days.
9. A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet.
10. A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet.
11. The Chinese city of Chinkiang, now 150 miles inland, was once a seaport.
12. Giant pandas reach up to 150 kg in weight, but when new-born weigh only 100-150 g.
13. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
14. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
15. Tulip is a flower in the genus Tulipa, which comprises of about 150 bulbous species.

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