Interesting Real Facts (Strange but True)

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69% Americans use Internet & 5.5% Indians only.
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El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 - the hottest ever measured.
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Plastics take 500 years to break down.
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America has 30.30% airports of the world & India has only 0.70%.
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There are roughly 4,000 known minerals, although only about 200 are of major importance.
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The total surface area of the Earth is 197 million square miles.
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Crocodile only animal & reptile that sheds tear while eating.
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The world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed.
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Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall, The water of Falls drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).

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The sunrays reached at the earth in 8 minutes & 3 seconds.
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8.7 million of United State residents who were born in Asia.
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The world’s population has been increased 3.1 billion in last 40 years.
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180 million nos. of Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion.
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3,467 Nos. of confectionery nut stores in the United States, they are among the best sources of sweets for Valentine’s Day.
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4% people drink cold drink daily.
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Traffic lights are being used before the invention of motor car.
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More than 50 million Americans said they had a disability; for 32.5 million of them, the disability was severe.
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About 40% Proportion of all Valentine card purchases which parents account for.
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First Stock Exchange of America was in Philadelphia & it was established in 1791.
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Girls however are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing and completing school assignments than playing games.
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A normal person laughs five times in a day.
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Approximate 300 million film tickets are sold every year in India.
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In Britain 70% mothers go for work.
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More artists live in California than any other state in the United States. There are 10,000 arts organizations in California.
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Alfred Southwick developed the idea of using electric current & Professionally he was a Dentist (MDS, DDS).
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A man says average 4850 words in 24 hours.
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The world's populaton is approximately 6.53 billion (2006), India & China represent 36.92% of the world's populations.
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Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo kabushikigaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
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40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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Chocolate can be killed dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
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Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
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Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.
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Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
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The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
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By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
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Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
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The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
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To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
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The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.