World Facts
Every three seconds a baby is born somewhere in the world.
When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, one of the suspects was Picasso.
Italy’s biggest business is the Mafia. It turns over $178 billion a year and accounts for 7% of GDP.
8th January 1835 is the only day in history
that the USA had no national debt.
46% of American adults believe that the world
is less than 10,000 years old.
One third of Russians believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
Buckingham palace has over six hundred rooms.
One in ten European babies is conceived in an IKEA bed.
The Queen is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface.
The Kolar Gold Fields of Karnataka in India are believed to have been the home of the first mined gold. Karnataka is estimated to have produced somewhere in the range of 1000 tons of gold to date.
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth.
Alaska is the western most and eastern most state of the united states. Its islands stretch so far they actually cross the 180th meridian - the global dividing line between "east" and "west".
During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
There are 7 snow resorts in Africa.
The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.
Summer in the US is Winter in South America.
Every day, people worldwide light up 15 billion cigarettes.
Bhutan was the first country to ban the sale of tobacco.
It is estimated that 40% of all humans to have ever been born did not live past their first birthday.
There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide.
One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet.
The material to build the taj mahal was brought in from various parts of India by a fleet of 1000 elephants.
Fossilized bird droppings are one of the chief exports of Nauru, an island nation in the western pacific.
People in France own more pets in the world per person than any other country.
Within the US in 1990, approximately $1.6 billion was used to eliminate or mask underarm odors.