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BIRTHDAY FACTS BON A N Z A paper STYLE http://www.paperstyle.com/is-bin/Birthday-Invitations.html celebrate your life Birthdays: A Brief History Birthday invitations are thought to date as far back as the 1st century AD! Claudia Severa, wife of Roman commander Aelius Brocchus, sent out the first documented birthday invitation sometime during 100 AD. Known as the 'Vindolanda Tablets,' these carbon-based, ink slabs were made of wooden leaf fragments and served as an archaic precursor to our modern-day equivalent of, "Save the Date": "Claudia Severa to her Lepidina, greetings. On the third day before the Ides of September, sister, for the day of the celebration of my birthday, I give you a warm invitation to make sure that you come to us, to make the day more enjoyable for me by your arrival. Give my greetings to your Cerealis. My Aelius and my little son send their greetings. I shall expect you, sister. Farewell, sister, my dearest soul, as I hope to prosper, and hail." -British Museum Press, 1994 Birthday Trivia AUGUST 58% August is the most popular birthday month, accounting for about 9% of all the birthdays in the world! 2 billion In the U.S., birthday cards account for nearly 58% of all cards that are purchased! 2 billion birthday cards are sent every year 9% In 1989, the world's largest birthday cake was created "Happy Birthday. Mr President,' to celebrate the 100th birthday of Fort Payne, Alabama. The world's most expensive birth certificate belongs to Paul McCartney, which was (Marilyn Monroe's tribute to President John F. Kennedy) auctioned in March 1997 for is the most famous birthday song rendition ever! $84,146 USD! The cake weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 oz. and used 16,209 pounds of icing! The Sultan of Brunei hosted the world's most expensive birthday party to celebrate his 50th birthday. Anne Frank's The cost? A whopping $27.2 million! world famous diary was given to her as a present for her 13th birthday. William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday: April 23, 1616. Three concerts featuring Michael Jackson cost $16 million of the total amount. In the U.S., more people are born on October 5 than any other day. In the U.S., the least common birth date is May 22nd (excluding leap years.) Since Your Last Birthday Since your last 31,536,000 seconds have passed. your hair has ´likely grown 12 cm, and your nails about 4 cm. your heart has beaten 42,075,900 times. you have taken approximately 15,768,000 breaths. you will have had about 1,460 dreams. birthday,the world's population has grown by 76,570,430. your heart has pumped 2,688,000 litres of blood throughout your body! there have been more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world. the Earth has completed... traveling about 584,337,600 miles. Miscellaneous Birthday Figures If you counted 24 hours a day. you would be over 31,000 years old when you reach one trillión! In the time it takes you to read this, another five babies will have been born. "Golden Birthday" When your age and "Christmas Day" is the most celebrated date of date of birth are the birth in the world! same. "Birthday Paradox" 99% Out of 23 people, there is a 50/50 chance that two of them will have the That probability goes same birthday. up to 99% for a group of 57 people! 15 Million is the average number of people celebrating a birthday today (and every đay around the world)! for all of your Birthday Invitations visit http://www.paperstyle.com/is-bin/Birthday-Invitations.html paperSTYLE http://www.paperstyle.com/is-bin/Birthday-Invitations.html celebrate your life sources: http://mybabyexperience.com/2011/08/12/fun-birthday-facts-stats/ http://weirdfacts.com/weird-fact/2850-weird-birthday-facts.html http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/Plain TextHistoriesB.asp?historyid=284 http://www.ehow.com/about_6308244_birthday-traditions_-origin-birthday-cards.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindolanda_Tablets BIRTHDAY FACTS BON A N Z A paper STYLE http://www.paperstyle.com/is-bin/Birthday-Invitations.html celebrate your life Birthdays: A Brief History Birthday invitations are thought to date as far back as the 1st century AD! Claudia Severa, wife of Roman commander Aelius Brocchus, sent out the first documented birthday invitation sometime during 100 AD. Known as the 'Vindolanda Tablets,' these carbon-based, ink slabs were made of wooden leaf fragments and served as an archaic precursor to our modern-day equivalent of, "Save the Date": "Claudia Severa to her Lepidina, greetings. On the third day before the Ides of September, sister, for the day of the celebration of my birthday, I give you a warm invitation to make sure that you come to us, to make the day more enjoyable for me by your arrival. Give my greetings to your Cerealis. My Aelius and my little son send their greetings. I shall expect you, sister. Farewell, sister, my dearest soul, as I hope to prosper, and hail." -British Museum Press, 1994 Birthday Trivia AUGUST 58% August is the most popular birthday month, accounting for about 9% of all the birthdays in the world! 2 billion In the U.S., birthday cards account for nearly 58% of all cards that are purchased! 2 billion birthday cards are sent every year 9% In 1989, the world's largest birthday cake was created "Happy Birthday. Mr President,' to celebrate the 100th birthday of Fort Payne, Alabama. The world's most expensive birth certificate belongs to Paul McCartney, which was (Marilyn Monroe's tribute to President John F. Kennedy) auctioned in March 1997 for is the most famous birthday song rendition ever! $84,146 USD! The cake weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 oz. and used 16,209 pounds of icing! The Sultan of Brunei hosted the world's most expensive birthday party to celebrate his 50th birthday. Anne Frank's The cost? A whopping $27.2 million! world famous diary was given to her as a present for her 13th birthday. William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday: April 23, 1616. Three concerts featuring Michael Jackson cost $16 million of the total amount. In the U.S., more people are born on October 5 than any other day. In the U.S., the least common birth date is May 22nd (excluding leap years.) Since Your Last Birthday Since your last 31,536,000 seconds have passed. your hair has ´likely grown 12 cm, and your nails about 4 cm. your heart has beaten 42,075,900 times. you have taken approximately 15,768,000 breaths. you will have had about 1,460 dreams. birthday,the world's population has grown by 76,570,430. your heart has pumped 2,688,000 litres of blood throughout your body! there have been more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world. the Earth has completed... traveling about 584,337,600 miles. Miscellaneous Birthday Figures If you counted 24 hours a day. you would be over 31,000 years old when you reach one trillión! In the time it takes you to read this, another five babies will have been born. "Golden Birthday" When your age and "Christmas Day" is the most celebrated date of date of birth are the birth in the world! same. "Birthday Paradox" 99% Out of 23 people, there is a 50/50 chance that two of them will have the That probability goes same birthday. up to 99% for a group of 57 people! 15 Million is the average number of people celebrating a birthday today (and every đay around the world)! for all of your Birthday Invitations visit http://www.paperstyle.com/is-bin/Birthday-Invitations.html paperSTYLE http://www.paperstyle.com/is-bin/Birthday-Invitations.html celebrate your life sources: http://mybabyexperience.com/2011/08/12/fun-birthday-facts-stats/ http://weirdfacts.com/weird-fact/2850-weird-birthday-facts.html http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/Plain TextHistoriesB.asp?historyid=284 http://www.ehow.com/about_6308244_birthday-traditions_-origin-birthday-cards.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindolanda_Tablets