Interesting Isn't It?
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:
Mikazaru (Hear no evil), Mizaru (See no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
Half the world's population earns about 5% of the world's wealth.
The world's average school year is 200 days per year. In the US, it is 180 days; in Sweden 170 days, in Japan it is 243 days.
In 1998, US states spent $30 billion in funds on correctional services and $24 billion on social welfare.
About 27% of food in developed countries are wasted each year. It's simply thrown away.
Almost 1,2 billion people are underfed - the same number of people that are overweight to the point of obesity.
One in ten people in the world live on an island.
Annual global spending on education is $80 billion.
Of the more than $50 billion worth of diet products sold every year, almost $20 billion are spent on imitation fats and sugar substitutes.
US and European expenditure on pet food is $17 billion per year.
The global expenditure on healthcare and nutrition is $13 billion.
In 1965, CEOs earned on average 44 times more than factory workers. In 1998, CEOs earned on average 326 times more than factory workers and in 1999, they earned 419 times more than factory workers.
The income gap between the richest fifth of the world's people and the poorest measured by average national income per head increased from 30 to one in 1960, to 74 to one in 1998.
A third of the world's people live on less than $2 a day, with 1,2 billion people living on less than $1 a day.
There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
Source: Did you Know
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
Source: Strange factsIf the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people.
The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.
0.7% of Americans are currently in prison. Wow!
America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.
Source: http://www.stunning-stuff.com/link-to-us.html
The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.
(attributed to George W Bush Jr.)
Source: roughoat
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
During the California Gold Rush of 1849 miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years it was deemed more feasible to send the shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
In 1970, Russel T. Tansie, an Arizona lawyer filed a $100,000 damage lawsuit against God. The suit was filed on behalf of Mr. Tansie's secretary, Betty Penrose, who accused God of negligence in His power over the weather when He allowed a lightning bolt to strike her home. Ms. Penrose won the case when the defendant failed to appear in court. Whether or not she collected has not been recorded.
Source: angelfire
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