53 Million people use IM as a form of communication. :warning

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In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts. So don't go throwing any apples unless you really mean it. :BangBang:

Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away. :)

The first Emperor of China, Ch'in Shih Huang-Ti, imposed tough laws. If a member of the public works team did now show up on time, his entire team would be executed. :winkwink:

There is no tipping in Iceland. :2 cents:

There are five years in a quinquennium.:321GFY

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water. :Graucho

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One billion seconds is about 32 years. :mad:

You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA as in France. :(

In the U.S. the most common excuse made to get out of paying a ticket is to say they missed the sign. :(

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day. :BangBang:

At least 9 out 10 Nigerians attend church regularly. Only 4 out of 10 Americans claim to do so. :helpme

As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice. :ak47:

In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day. :feels-hot

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water. :)

By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.:mad:

With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches. :Graucho

The White House has 35 bathrooms, 3 elevators, 132 rooms, and 412 doors in it. :warning

The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold. :BangBang:

On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day. :)

Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth with 3.7 metres of rain a year. :1orglaugh

In one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas. :321GFY

In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. :321GFY

Automobile building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world. :glugglug

Every year, an igloo hotel is built in Sweden that has the capacity to sleep 100 people. :Graucho

The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing. :2 cents:

Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make. :Graucho

In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes. :Graucho

Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam. :2 cents:

Frisbee got its name from William Russel Frisbee, who was a pie baker. He used to sell his pies in a thin tin pan, which had Frisbee written on it. When Walter Frederick Morrison thought of the idea of making saucer like disks to play catch, he visited the campus of Yale and noticed people there were using the pie pan to play catch so he therefore renamed his invention to Frisbee. :2 cents:

Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste. :2 cents:

Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort. :BangBang:

It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth. That is 186000 miles per hour. :mad:

Barbie's parents names are George and Margaret.

The oceans of the world would rise about 60 meters if Antarctica's ice sheets melted

Water expands 9% when it is frozen.

Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.

The Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil.

Uranus winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.

3 people die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue

A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old.

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars.

A baseball will go farther in hot temperature than in cold temperature.

1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.

75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.

An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

the coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius) at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.