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2012/04/06

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• Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
• Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city
• Did you know the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color
• Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
• Did you know Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
• Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
• Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
• Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria
• Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
• Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
• Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland
• Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
• Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
• Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
• Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
• Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan
• Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
• Did you know Brazil is named after a tree
• Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
• Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador
• Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
• Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers
• Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
• Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
• Did you know paper originated from China
• Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China
• Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china
• Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)
• Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows
• Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble
• Did you know New York was the first capital of the United States
• Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
• Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day
• Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries
• Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt
• Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany
• Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
• Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
• Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)
• Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba
• Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
• Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
• Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
• Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
• Did you know Yugoslavia is bordered by 7 other countries
• Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
• Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
• Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
• Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
• Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
• Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
• Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
• Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
• Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
• Did you know paper money was first used in China
• Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
• Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
• Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
• Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
• Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
• Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'
• Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
• Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)
• Did you know everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury
• Did you know American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year
• Did you know India has over 50 million monkeys
• Did you know Iceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935
• Did you know Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs
• Did you know the average American eats 263 eggs a year
• Did you know in 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills
• Did you know hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
• Did you know a third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it
• Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
• Did you know Australia has the largest sheep population
• Did you know the most eaten fruit in America is the banana
• Did you know Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine
• Did you know dairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
• Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country
• Did you know Spain's largest source of income is from tourism
• Did you know the first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
• Did you know the first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
• Did you know the first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
• Did you know before 1863 the postal service in the US was free
• Did you know the number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
• Did you know the most common Spanish surname is Garcia
• Did you know the US produces 19% of the world's trash
• Did you know per person France consumes the most cheese
• Did you know 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
• Did you know the Greek national anthem has 158 verses
• Did you know in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
• Did you know 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households)
• Did you know Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
• Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
• Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
• Did you know Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
• Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
• Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
• Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
• Did you know the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
• Did you know Japanese people don’t have middle names
• Did you know some playing cards in India are round
• Did you know the national anthems of Japan, Jordan, and San Marino each have only 4 lines
• Did you know women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944
• Did you know the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
• Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
• Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
• Did you know it was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland
• Did you know people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
• Did you know the word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France
• Did you know the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
• Did you know England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
• Did you know there are 132 rooms in the US White House
• Did you know over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month
• Did you know Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate
• Did you know 52% of Americans drink coffee
• Did you know Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production
• Did you know coffee is grown commercially in over 45 countries around the world
• Did you know coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US
• Did you know Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee
• Did you know over 5 million people in Brazil are employed in the coffee industry
• Did you know the US is the world's largest consumer of coffee
• Did you know Australia is the only country that is also a continent
• Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900
• Did you know the dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785
• Did you know in 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park
• Did you know in 1900 the average life span in the US was 47
• Did you know the Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters
• Did you know the average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime
• Did you know over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States
• Did you know instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962
• Did you know in American supermarkets peanut butter is one of the most frequently purchased items
• Did you know England's first great industry was wool
• Did you know the average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54
• Did you know there are 2 credit cards for every person in the US
• Did you know 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle

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