Daily Facts

The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.

A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.

The surface of the human skin is 6.5 square feet (2m).

98% of Japanese are cremated.

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!

Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.

In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

Two-thirds of the world`s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.  

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Spain leads the world in cork production

In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

Each of us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day, most of it paper.