Friday, November 11, 2016

Interesting Facts :

Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil, 7,000 gallons of water & 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.

The "Pinky Promise" originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.

Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stones.

The Pentagon has a plan for combating a zombie apocalypse.

Over 100,000 people have applied for a one-way trip to colonize Mars in 2022.

27,000 trees are cut each day for toilet paper.

Coffee is the world's second most valuable traded commodity, only behind petroleum.

The static on TV is referred to as "myrornas krig"  in Sweden, meaning "war of ants."

If a part of your body falls asleep (the strange dead sensation), you can almost wake it up by shaking your head.

The world's largest rangoli measuring 22,863 square meters was created by the Singrauli district administration.

The largest firework rocket till date weighed 13 kg and was produced and launched in Portugal in 2010.

The earliest documentation of fireworks dates back to 7th century China (Tang Dynasty), where they were invented.

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