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Tuesday 30 September 2008

Strange but true facts (Part 1)

-A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
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Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution! (Both will never rule England as a result)
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500! (Whatever happened to the law enforcers I wonder)
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Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult! (Depending on which country you visit)
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One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year! (Wow! That's a concern for safety)
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card! (I bet no one noticed it beforehand)
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It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! (The same glass can be used for the next 30,000 generations or so, not bad eh?)
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada! (In Malaysia, we visit blogs. No more need for newspapers as far as we Malaysians are concerned)
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half! (Watch Mythbusters anyone?)