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Monday, May 4, 2015

Cool facts 12

Do you know that;

In Sweden, where 4 out of 5 transactions do not use cash anymore, some homeless people started to carry credit card readers

Most of your body is younger than you are

In 1998, Microsoft's "DirectX" team pitched a new gaming console known as the "directXbox". Later shortened to "Xbox"

Norwegian women enjoy the best standard of living in the world

Temulji Nairman & Lady Nairman hold the record for the longest ever recorded marriage of 86 yrs. They were married at 5 yrs old

17 tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the US

In Bali, a bride holds a cloth in front of the groom, who strikes it through with a dagger
..to display "first cut"

English tradition, Wednesday is the "best day" to marry

71% of teenagers hide online stuff from parents

A fathom is 1.8 metres (6 feet)

People are more likely to break the laws of the road while driving in an expensive car

Every day, 26,000 couples get married in China

The living don't outnumber the dead: since the creation ~ 60 billion people have died

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born & 140,000 people die

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing

The most populated city in the world - when major urban areas are included - is Tokyo, with 30 million residents

The 1950 World Cup was only played with 13 countries (not 16) after the withdrawals of Turkey, Scotland & India. The latter withdrew because they weren't allowed to play barefoot

ASEC Abidjan of Cote d'lvoire didn't lose during a span of 6 yrs & 108 matches

The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney

Only 37.9% of humans have access to the Internet once a year or more

Qn:
You have to choose between 3 rooms.
The 1st is full of raging fires. The 2nd is full of tigers that haven’t eaten in 3 years. The 3rd is full of assassins with loaded machine guns

Which room should you choose?

Qn:
What can you hold without your hands

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Cool Facts 7

Do you know that?

Jamaica, Columbia & St. Lucia are the only countries where a boss is more likely to be a woman

Ellen DeGeneres once challenged Michelle Obama to a push-up contest & lost

The 1st female self-made millionaire in US was African-American

During lunch breaks on the set of "The Walking Dead," the zombie cast would eat together & the human cast ate alone

Patron, Hennessy, Grey Goose & Jack Daniel’s
..the most referenced alcohol brands in Music

85% of ladies were the wrong bra size

Pubic hair
..an alert that u r biologically prepared to procreate

50 Bibles are sold each minute across the world

"Frustration attraction" means that the individual who was dumped will love and lust for the person who dumped them even more

If all the gold in the ocean were mined, every person on Earth would get about 20Kgs of gold each

To make one raindrop of water, it takes approx a million cloud droplets

Successful women marry successful men
..Leads to an age gap

Hillary Clinton hasn't driven a car since 1996

"Uranophobia" the fear of heaven

During sex, men tend to get distracted by worries about performance
..Women tend to be distracted by concerns about appearance

Taking a break after work/class helps u retain the information u learned

Qn:
What country has the longest coastline?

Qn:
Sylvester Stallone is best known for what 2 film characters with very similar names?

Qn:
The Oldest player to ever take part in a football World Cup final phase (42 yrsOld)?
Roger Milla
Dino Zoff
Lothar Matthaeus
Paolo Maldini

Qn:
In golf, what is a "mulligan"?

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Cool facts 5

Do you know that;

Oprah gave birth at 14yrs to a baby who died in the hospital weeks later

Robert De Niro was part of a New York Street gang

The founder of the Mother's Day later fought to have it abolished

A month after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, a typhoon hit the city killing another 2,000 people

A single strand of spaghetti is called spaghetto

Beards are your fastest growing hairs

"Breaking Bad," Jesse was originally set to die at the end of season 1

Natural selection favors shorter girls

The less you use yo brain’s frontal lobes, the "hotter" you think you are

How long you exercise is more vital than how hard you do it

Referees are unconsciously biased in favor of players wearing red

Squeezing testicles too tightly can release too much adrenaline & kill you

There is an officially recognized School of Wizardry in California

"Mortgage" comes from a French word that means "death contract"

In France, you can marry a dead person

Tupac never won a grammy & actually received more awards after his death

1 in 5 women buy Valentine's gifts for themselves

Looking at beautiful paintings can ease physical pain

68% experience "phantom vibration syndrome"
..mistakenly thinking your phone is buzzing in yo pocket

We tend to enjoy the suffering of people we envy

82% believe in an afterlife

In Ohio, it's illegal to run out of gas

The word "impossible" has dropped in use by 50% over the last 100yrs

Average woman in UK will own 111 handbags in her lifetime

Hitler was born on 4/20, "weed day"

"Ultracrepidarian"
..Somebody who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about

Kim Kardashian had x-rays taken of her butt to prove its authenticity

Qn:
A normal stop sign has the shape of what geometrical figure?

Qn:
What's the only fruit that carries its seeds on the outside?

Qn:

If a rubber band weighs 40 milligrams, how many of them will weigh one kilogram?

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Cool Facts 4

Do you know that;

South Sudan is the newest country on Earth

Nearly 1 in 5 firearms on Earth is AK-47

Things written by pencil are technically written in stone

Modern people have ~ fewer friends than people did decades ago

The world's youngest grandmother was only 17 years old

Men spend nearly a yr of their life simply staring at women

The brain treats rejection like physical pain

Giving birth can cause an orgasm

“Beats" by Dre headphones, which can sell for as much as $450, only cost ~ $14 to produce

A man produces enough sperm in 2 weeks to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet

An Egyptian city was discovered underwater in 2013 after being lost for 1,200 years in the Mediterranean

In the USA, people from Ohio are the most likely to use curse words

Deipnophobia is the fear of dinner parties

Thai people will type "555" instead of "Hahaha" in texts b'se the # 5 is pronounced "Ha"

After the death of genius Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a pathologist & put in a jar for future study

Justin Bieber has more Twitter followers than Spain has people

The medical term for "butt crack" is "intergluteal cleft"

There's a Titanic wiII being built
..Will set sail in 2017

Every year, 1,000 letters arrive in Jerusalem addressed to God

The only country to register zero births in 1983 was the Vatican City

Viruses can get viruses

9th of February 2015 Is Tuesday in Beijing

Adult females are generally called cows

Cleveland spelled backwards is
"DNA level C"

Mountain Dew was developed to be a whiskey mixer

When your stomach grumbles, it's called "borborygmus"

Sperm contains zinc & calcium which fight tooth decay

You blink ~25,000x a day

Until 1974, it was Illegal to appear in public in Chicago if you are ugly

"Nyotaimori," the act of eating sushi off of a naked woman

Islam, Christianity & Judaism worship the same God, but in different ways

Male rape doesn’t exist as a criminal offense under UK law

It is illegal to be fat in Japan
..max waistline for anyone 40yrs+ is 35.4 inches

The average car in Britain is parked for 96% of the time

As you get older, your lips get thinner

Qn:
Which country had the world's first flags?

Qn:
How many animals did Moses take onto the ark?

Qn:
What's Hypnagogia:

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