There are many interesting facts that we all may not be aware of. Following are some of the similar facts:
- 200 companies contributing 29% to the world economy employs only 0.9% of the world’s work force.
- 98 tons of ore historic buried plant material is used to make one U.S gallon of gasoline.
- A 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
- Almost 85% of the universe is a form of dark matter.
- An estimated 16,000 people worldwide are becoming infected with HIV every day.
- Average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
- Due to pollution and overfishing, population of American, Asian and Europeans eels have declined up to 99%.
- Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
- Humans are the only primates having pigment in the palms of their hands.
- Neutrons have a life of 14 minutes outside the nucleus of an atom.
- Nutmeg can extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
- Only 22% of original forests on earth have remained.
- Only one person in two billion will live up to 116 of age.
- Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
- Strong negative emotions lead to damage of immune system.
- The density of neuron star is 1.5 to 3 times of sun’s mass.
- The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
- The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It to Beaver”.
- The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year by the weight of books.
- The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, uses every letter in the alphabet.
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
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