24 April 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 234 (24/04/2014)






2331.            Every three seconds, a new baby is born.

2332.            More than 260,000 people have been killed by volcanic activity since 1700 AD.

2333.            The only predator that polar bears have are humans.

2334.            Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight.

2335.            The last land battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought in Texas.

2336.            Annually 7 million tons of textiles and clothing is thrown out. Out of this, only 12%
    is used again or recycled.

2337.            A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes.

2338.            A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their
    eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes.

2339.            The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear
    war.


2340.         There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.


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