• Walmart employs more people worldwide than any other government or company. • The Vatican has a 5,000 square foot library that was sealed in 1215, with specific instructions that it was not to be opened until February 19, 2010. • Tea leaves contain trace amounts of nicotine. • Per capita, Canadians use more napkins than Americans. • Being under the influence of hypnotism is a legal defense in 33 states.
• 1 in 12 Americans will never consume alcohol. • Each iPod costs Apple around 80 dollars to make. • The phrase "couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag" came from an incident in the 1940s when famous boxer Lefty Rogers suffocated because of a paper bag his mistress had put over his head during a fling. • In a recent study of major American newspapers, magazines, novels and other miscellaneous writing, the word "evil" was twice as likely to show up as the word "good."
• At the present rate of consumption the world's fossil fuel supply will be exhausted by 2015. • "W" can be used as a vowel. • Bruises can cause skin cancer. • Accelerating the moment you start to go over a speed bump will reduce its effects. • More than more than 75 percent of American jobs don't require a college degree.
• There are only three physicists that have won bets with Stephen Hawking • Dr Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham has sold more copies than any other English language book except the bible. • More information has been recorded in the last 10 years than in the entire rest of human history. • Highlights for Children magazine is now published in 23 languages, and delivered to at least one doctor's office in every time zone. • The rarest form of colorblindness, with only 17 reported cases, is a complete inability to see blue light.
• The use of anonymous sources in news articles has increased eight percent in the last year. • Microsoft's internal servers run Unix. • 3:35 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. on November 5, 1962 was the only hour since records started being kept that no death was officially recorded. • 70 percent of all music stored on computers has been bootlegged.
• Focus groups are the most common form of market research in the U.S. • For every one person paying to see a movie, two people will see that movie without paying for it. • Worldwide, 36 miles of hair grows every day. • Scientists estimate that the DVD will be obsolete in three years. • The average piece of gum is chewed around 3,000 times.
• Only 1 out of every 200 stories submitted to a major publisher is ever published. • An ant colony started by a single queen can reach a population of over 1000 in under 48 hours. • There are more cell phones in Tokyo than in all of Europe. • Seven out of 10 people will say "rose" when asked to name a flower. • Crystal Pepsi was the most expensive failed product launch in history.
Hey! If you try to sneeze with your eyes open they can possibly come out of their sockets!! Its impossible to sneeze like that!
I've tried it and its not true. You just end up sneezing completely with your nose. And that's NOT good.
Now thats some useful stuff.... I wonder how much transport takes :think: Thats quite a low number compared to what India would have IMO. I suppose india would have something from 80-90%.
the mountain range in west wyoming usa is called gran tetons ... when translated into english mean .. huge breasts .. now why that??!!!
Thats impossible!! you actually did it. scientifically you cant do it...supposedly it cant be done without popping your eyes out!! Are you sure?
