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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Interesting Cool Facts


Take a look at those amazing facts! I will be adding more cool facts. Hope you like them.
  1. There's more protein in avocado than in any other fruit.
  2. People in India can legally marry a dog.
  3. Over 50% of world population have never made or received a phone call.
  4. Americans eat 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate a year.
  5. Almost 500 Million people live close to active volcanoes.
  6. Curved Dash Oldsmobile was introduced in 1901. It was the first car model massed-produced and sold in America for $650.
  7. More than 10,000 birds die in a year from smashing into the window.
  8. Tongue is the strongest muscle in human body.
  9. You cannot sneeze with your eyes open.
  10. The only place in the world, where there's no McDonald's restaurants is Antarctica.
  11. The Cinderella story was written in Chinese book around 850 A.D.
  12. The first pizzeria in New York City was opened in 1895 by Italian immigrant Gennaro Lombardi.
  13. About 3 Billion Pizzas are sold in America each year!
  14. A snail can sleep for 3 years without eating.
  15. An elephant is the only animal that cannot jump.
  16. It could take about 3,000 years to count the stars in a galaxy, counting a star every second.
  17. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a famous ruler: Spades is King David, Hearts is Charlemagne, Clubs is Alexander the Great, Diamonds is Julius Caesar.
  18. The Queen of Spades is Athena, the Greek Goddess of War. The Queen of Hearts is Judith of Bavaria, Charlemagne's daughter-in-law. The Queen of Clubs is Argine (Regina- a significant queen). The Queen of Diamonds is Rachel, the second wife of Jacob.
  19. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
  20. In the jungle of Indonesia there's a "lost world" pristine tropical forest - dozens of unknown species of animals and plants.
  21. Turtles can breath through their butts.
  22. More than 8 Billion pounds of cheese a year is produced in United States, more than any other country in the world.
  23. 72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 a day.
  24. America has the highest marriage rate and the highest divorce rate in the world.
  25. In Brazil more than 4 Million cars are running on Gasohol, a fuel made from sugar cane.