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Post by Kim on Oct 9, 2003 13:35:08 GMT -5
I'll start...
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.
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Post by LHR02 on Oct 9, 2003 14:00:07 GMT -5
why is this under updates frm Europe? ;D
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Post by Patrick on Oct 9, 2003 14:15:09 GMT -5
every once in awhile admins place threads under the wrong forum. You do learn something new everyday ;D
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Post by LHR02 on Oct 9, 2003 14:38:15 GMT -5
Good idea Kim! I did indeed learn something today.  Thanks Patrick for enlightening me!  |
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Post by Kim on Oct 9, 2003 15:07:12 GMT -5
Damn cheeky moderators... ;D ;D ;D
Oopsie!
Well, now that it's in the right place - what are your random facts?
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Post by LHR02 on Oct 9, 2003 15:45:53 GMT -5
These days seems anyone and everyone has/has access to a computer and most of those are connected to the internet. Under my how this technology has grown.....take a guess, 10 years ago how many computers in the USA were conncected to the internet?
less than 100....and they were all either DOD or University machines! Today, hundreds of millions!
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Post by Patrick on Oct 9, 2003 18:25:24 GMT -5
Andorra has no unemployment, which is just as well because they have no broadcast TV channels either.
China's labor force stands at 706 million people, almost three times that of Europe and twice that of North and South America combined
North Korea spends the most of its GDP on its military.
Indians go out to the movies 3 trillion times a year.
The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.
If you like kids, then Uganda might be the place for you. Half the population is under 15!
Only two countries in the world are doubly landlocked: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
Senior gentlemen might consider a trip to Russia where there's two over 65 women for every man.
Sick of crowds? Try Greenland where there's 38 sq km per person.
Most Zambians don't live to see their 40th birthday.
Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth with 3.7 metres of rain a year.
Guatamalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South African men work only 4.5.
Ethopians are by far the most agricultural people on earth (both men and women)
Southern European women hugely outnumber their menfolk amongst the unemployed.
South America is unusual in that it both urbanized and poor.
On the probability of not reaching 40 graph, the top 34 countries are all African
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