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1. The Japanese commonly put ketchup on their rice. 2. A cosmic year is the amount of time it takes the sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way. About 225 million years. 3. Gamblers in ancient Greece made dice from the ankle bones and shoulder blades of sheep. 4. JFK was the first president born in the 20th century. 5. In German, "eins" and "acht" are the only numbers with their letters in alphabetical order. 6. It is possible to lead a cow up stairs, but not down. 7. The oldest word in the English language is "town". 8. The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces. 9. A biblophile is a collector of rare books. A bibliopole is a seller of rare books. 10. Tessenjutsu is a deadly martial art in Japan that is based solely on the us of a fan. Hope you found some useful information by reading this Article. Please give your opinion by Comments. Check out this r...

1. Wi-Fi was developed by using technology from a failed experiment attempting to detect mini black holes. 2. The very first domain name registered was www.symbolics.com, on the 15th March, 1985. 3. Skype is banned from the public in China. 4. Time Magazine named the computer the "Man of the year" in 1982. 5. iPod needed years to reach a market of 50 million people. 6. Someone on Twitter who has a million or more followers is known as a "Twillionaire". 7. There are 500 apps added each day to the Windows Phone store. 8. In the tech world, November 30th is known as "Computer Security Day". 9. Using your phone while it is on charge can damage the battery, this is why the leads for the chargers are so short. 10. Doug Engelbart created the very first computer mouse from wood in 1964. 11. A Computer mouse used to be called: the X-Y position indicator for displays. 12. 9 out of every 1,000 computers are infected with spam virus. 13...

1. The five cent coin is more expensive to manufacture - it costs the US Mint 11.18 cents to produce a nickel. 2. Serial numbers are not just numbers. They also use letters as part of the alphanumeric code for the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. 3. Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875. 4. In the 1980s, the financial sector claimed just 10% of U.S. corporate profits. 5. The meaning of 'Blue Chip' comes from blue casino chips which have a high value. 6. It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States. 7. The average bank teller loses $250 every year. 8. Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton are the only non - Presidents to appear on a U.S. bill. 9. $2 bills are seen as a rarity, but there are more than 1.1 billion of them in circulation. You can request some from most local banks. 10. Women who get married after 30 in the U.S. end up making about US$18000 more than their early-marrying peers. 11. After the American Civil War, ...

1. The largest nugget of platinum was found in the Middle Urals. 2. A cat has 22 muscles in each ear. 3. A leech has 32 brains. 4. One are tree can filter up to 27 kg of pollutants from the air each year. 5. Only from less than one hectare of sowing Echinacea-honey-purple can produce from 60 to 130 kilograms of honey. 6. One of the cleanest cities in the world of Reykjavik. 7. The Sunda Islands are the largest archipelago in the world. 8. A wind with a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a hurricane. 9. Gold is about eight times heavier than any other metal on earth. 10. Dirty snow melts faster than clean. 11. Bali has the worlds largest variety of flora. 12. In the Asian taiga live the only birds in the world that breed chicks in winter. They are called Crossbill. 13. Volcanoes of Kamchatka are the largest in Eurasia. 14. Eurasia is much higher than other continents. The average altitude above sea level is 830 meters. ...

1. Each person creates about 4.7 pounds of waste every single day. 2. Glass recovered by crushing only one kind of beer bottle. 3. 70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials. 4. Disposal of waste to landfills has decreased from 89% in 1980 to 54% in 2007. 5. The average baby generates a ton of garbage every year. 6. "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is more than 1000000 sq. km in area. 7. Eight million metric tonnes of waste plastic enter the Earth's ocean every year. 8. Seals and sea lions often eat plastic bags floating around in the ocean, thinking that they are jellyfish. 9. Pig vomit is used in perfume and cologne to hold the scent in. 10. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 11. The largest lake in the Britain could be filled with rubbish from the UK in 8 months. 12. Decomposing of aluminum cans takes 200 to 500 years. 13. The 115 metres-long sculpture " Trash tornado" was built by wang Zh...

1. There are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk. 2. The Giraffe has the highest blood pressure. 3. Hippopotamus have killed more people in Africa than any other animal. 4. There are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people). 5. Warthogs live for 15 years. 6. Cats often rub up against people and furniture to lay their scent and mark their territory. 7. Squirrells are the best gardeners. Million of trees grow because squirrells forget where they put nuts and seeds. 8. Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees. 9. Lions in the wild usually make no more than 20 kills a year. 10. Other members of the arachnid family include scorpions mites, ticks. 11. Cows don't have upper front teeth. 12. There are over 690 known species of Bats. 13. Humans can beat all animals in long-distance running 14. Swan in one of several birds that have a penis. 15. The heaviest dog on record is an Old English Mastiff named zorba, who weigh...

1. On Sunday, it is illegal to sell cornflakes in Columbus, Ohio 2. There are more dogs than children in the city of Paris. 3. Traffic in central London moves at the same speed as horse drawn carriages a century ago. 4. Austin, Minnesota is home to the SPAM museum. 5. Tokyo was once known as Edo. 6. There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants. 7. In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers. 8. In 2011, a small town in Spain, named Granen, on the brink of financial ruin, bet on the world's biggest lottery and won. 9. 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' is the actual name of a village in northern Wales. 10. In the early years of the 20th century, horses were causing so much pollution with their poop that cars were seen as the "green" alternative. 11. In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other human every year. 12. In Lebanon, Virgini...

1. Around 80% of people use music as an escape from all the negative things in life. 2. The cells in your body react to everything your mind says. So negativity brings down your immune system and you feel sick. 3. Sarcasm promotes creativity, a Harvard study found. 4. Closing your eyes help you remember things. 5. 70% of your dreams contain secret messages. They carry more weight and meaning than our concious thoughts. 6. Smarter people underestimate themselves. Ignorant people think they're brilliant. 7. When someone cries tears of joy, the first teardrop would always come from the right eye. Tears of pain start from the left. 8. Your brightest memories are usually incomplete. 9. If a person can not cry, he is weak. 10. A nihilist believes in nothing. 11. Each man can be on friendly terms with up to 150 people during his life. 12. The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world. 13. Brontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms. 14....

1. Americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips. 2. Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year. 3. The frozen food were first introduce in the 1920. 4. Americans eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. 5. An apple,potato,and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. 6. Chocolate is the number 1 food craved by women. 7. The first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954. 8. In developed countries 27% of food is thrown away. 9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine. 10. In its ancient form, the carrot was purple, not orange. 11. Apples are actually part of the rose family. 12. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. 13. A banana contains 75% water. 14. The color of a chile pepper does not indicate its spiciness (usually the smaller the hotter). 15. Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine. 16. Avocados have the most amount of calories than any other fruit. 17. Over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United Sta...

1. A comet's tail is made as it nears the Sun and begins to melt. 2. The heat from a nuclear explosion is hotter than the surface of the sun. 3. Galaxies are often found in a group or cluster. One cluster may have 30 or so galaxies in it. 4. Since the star Deneb is 1800 light years away we see it as was when the emperor Septimus Severius was ruling the Rome (AD 200). 5. The first man on the moon was Neil Armsrong. 6. As the Earth turns, the stars come back to the same place in the night sky every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. 7. The Milky Way galaxy we live in: is one among the BILLIONS in space. 8. The Earth's rotation is gradually slowing at approximately 17 milliseconds per hundred years. 9. Buzz Lightyear has been out in space. He has spent 15 months on board the International Space Station. 10. Astronauts learn Scuba diving which helps them to deal with space walks. 11. The Sun is made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, the lightest ga...

1. Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billions cups consumed each year. 2. Instant Coffee was invented in 1901. 3. Contrary to popular belief, Coffee does not dehydrate you, studies have found. 4. You can make tea from coffee leaves. 5. Caffeine is among the banned substances in the list approved by the International Olympic. 6. Coffee beans are't beans they're fruit pits. 7. The word "Arabica", which is 70% of the coffee grown in the world, comes from the name of a forest in Ethiopia. 8. There are 0 Calories in a cup of black Coffee. 9. Japanese celebrate the day of coffee on the first of October. 10. There are more than 800 aromatic compounds in Coffee. 11. In Europe it is customary to drink cappuccino only in the morning, but the Italians drink it Throughout the day. 12. At first, Europeans called coffee "Arabian wine" and used it to treat migraine. 13. An experienced collector can harvest up to 7 baske...

1. Did you know It takes 6 Months to build a Rolls Royce and the average life of a Rolls Royce v car is 100 years. Where as a Toyota is made in 13 Hours with a life of 10 - 15 years. 2. Did you know USA and CANADA  saw two suns due to change of orbit the sun sets and moon rises at the same time with both being opposite to each other at a particular angle or degree moon reflects the sun so bright that it almost feels like another sun. 3. ICELAND is the only country without Mosquitoes,Snakes or other reptiles. They also have very few species of spiders, None of which are  harmful to humans. 4. Our fingers get Wrinkly in water because Wrinkled Fingers would give us Stronger grip on Slippery Objects Underwater. 5. Did you know Black Jaguar is the rarest animal on the Earth. 6. Did you know Men and Women see the world differently, Women are better at distinguishing color, while Men are better at tracking. 7. This is not a fact but these is for...

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits (its primary). The Moon is after Jupiter's satellite to the second-densest satellite in the Solar System among those whose densities are known. The profile of the moon  Diameter:                                3,475 km Mass:                                      7.35 × 10^22 Kg (0.01 Earths) Orbits:                                     The Earth Orbit Distance:                      ...

1. Indian Railway is the largest railways network to be operated by a single government and is the world's third largest network with a total length of 127,760 km. 2. Indian Railways owned the longest railway platform in the world at Gorakhpur station with a length of 1,366.33 M. 3. Indian Railway has five luxury trains - - Royal Rajasthan on wheels - Palace on wheels (Rajasthan) - The Golden chariot (Karnataka and Goa) - The Maharajas  Express (begins in Delhi but the itinerary differs) - The Deccan odyssey (begins in Maharashtra but itinerary differs) (Palace on wheels is the oldest one of them). 4. Srirampur and Belapur are two different stations in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra . They are both situated at the same point on the railway route, but are located an opposite sides of the track. 5. The busiest junction in the country is Howrah junction in Kolkata with as many as 974 trains stopping there daily. 6. The Indian Railway is the wor...

1. This is Germany population. Germany's population is almost equal to India's state Andhra Pradesh. Germany's population is only 8 million. The strength of this patriotism and hard work of citizens of the country who knows smiles even in difficulties. 2. This country is made up of many states. The capital here has not been a state but in many states, including Aachen , Regensburg , Frankfun-am-main , Bonn and Berlin. 4. No punishment for escaping prison. In Germany it is believed that people have the right to live independently and therefore they are not punished even if they escape from prison. 4. Shaggy people. The people of Germany are very upset, people of the germany start talking about the phone, but not by HELLO but using their NAMES. 5. There is not any speed limit.   There is no speed limit on the 70 percent highway in Germany, but it is considered illegal to end the road fairy flinders of the mountains there. 6. ...

Borders are geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Borders are established through agreements between political or social entities that control those areas; the creation of these agreements is called boundary delimitation. 1. A total of 7 countries share border with India. These countries from east to west are Myanmar,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Nepal,China,Afghanistan and Pakistan. India share their international border with 7 countries. 2. India has 15,106.7 km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 km including island territories.  Name of the country : Length of the border (in km) Bangladesh                 4,096.7 km China                          4,057 km Pakistan                      ...

We can't put down National Geographic Kids new book 5,000 Awesome Facts (About everything) Here are 10 more of our favorite awesome facts from its pages. 1. Black bears sometimes hibernate in the tops of trees. 2. Some of the first flags on pirate ships were red, not black. 3. The most common gift on Father's Day is a necktie. 4. More board games are sold in Germany than anywhere else on Earth. 5. Human babies cannot taste salt until they are 4 months old. 6. If Earth were the size of a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of an orange. 7. In Ancient Greece, it was believed that a person could be transformed into a werewolf by eating human flesh. 8. The name 'India' is derived from the river Indus. It is valley around which people settled in earlier times. 9. India is the second largest English speaking country in the world - 125,226,449 numbers of English speakers. 10. Indian railway employs more than a million peop...