Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Do you know..?

  • No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
  • Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
  • Fingerprints of koala bears are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans.
  • Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
  • As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates.
  • Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
  • Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.
  • Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.
  • In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.
  • The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.

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