Facts extremely scary to know!

1. There is a water reservoir floating in space that is equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean.

2. 2200 years ago, Eratosthenes estimated the Earth's circumference using math without ever leaving Egypt. He was remarkably accurate. Christopher Columbus later studied him.

3. Scientists finally concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes egg shells is only produced by hens.

4. Your mobile phone has more computing power than the computers used for Apollo 11 moon landing.

5. Bin Laden's death was announced on 1st May 2011. Hitler's death was announced on 1st may 1945.

6. A space suit costs US $12 million.

7. If you fell into a black hole, you'll stretch like a spaghetti.

8. The Apollo astronaut's footprints on the moon will probably stay there for atleast 100 million years.

9. The International Space Station is as roomy as a 5 bedroom house and travels at 17,500 mph.

10. Astronauts on International Space Station witness around 15 sunrises and 15 sunsets every day.

11. Alexander the Great was simultaneously the King of Macedonia, Pharaoh of Egypt, King of Persia, and King of Asia.

12. Alexander the Great was tutored by Aristotle until the age of 16 and the cause of his death remains one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world.

13. During the outbreak of WW II, London killed all their venomous animals in case the zoo was bombed and the animals escaped.

14. Charles Darwin ate almost every animal he discovered.

15. African elephants have the best sense of smell in the animal kingdom.

16. Humans have caused 322 animal extinctions over the past 500 years.

17. The deepest living animal ever found is a "devil worm" living 2.2 miles (3.6km) below.

18. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles and the only continent without a time zone.

19. 90 % of the world's fresh water is in Antarctica.

20. The average thickness of ice in Antarctica is about 1 mile (1.6km).

21. Apple could buy Disney or Coca-Cola and pay in cash.

22. The Flame of Peace in Hiroshima, Japan has burned since 1964 in honor of the victims and will be extinguished only when all nuclear weapons are removed from world and the Earth is free from nuclear threat.

23. If uncoiled, the DNA in all the cells in your body would stretch 10 billion miles, from here to Pluto and back.

24. If the human eye was a digital camera it would have 576 megapixels.

25. Stomach acid is strong enough dissolve razor blades.

26. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

27. In 2015, the 4th most powerful supercomputer in the world took 40 minutes to simulate just one second of human brain activity.

28. When you learn something new, the structure of your brain changes.

29. The typical brain is about 2% of a body's weight but uses 20% of its total energy and oxygen intake.

30. The first car accident occurred in 1891, Ohio.

31. Cats have 32 muscles that control the outer ear while humans have only 6.

32. The CIA spent US $20 million in the 60s training cats to spy on the Soviets. The first spy cat was hit by a taxi.

33. Hundred million people in China live on less than US $1 per day and over 35 million people still live in caves.

34. China has more English speakers than the United States.

35. China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year.

36. In 2010, the Catholic Church had an income of US $97 billion.

37. Christianity was the main religion in Egypt between the 4th and 6th centuries.

38. There are no 24 hours in a day. It has 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds, the time it takes the Earth to rotate on its axis.

39. The Queen of the UK is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth's land surface.

40. The 2008 Beijing Olympics started at exactly 8:08:08 PM on 8/08/08 following the ancient Chinese belief that the number 8 is lucky.

41. There are only 2 countries in the entire world that don't sell Coca Cola- North Korea and Cuba.

42. In 1925 a conman "sold" the Eiffel Tower to a businessman wanting it for scrap metal. The con would go down as one of the greatest scams of the 20th century.

43. The 'Secret' Coca-Cola component (flavoring 7X) was leaked in 2011. The ingredients are a mix of herb, spices, and oils from fruits (orange, lemon, nutmeg, cinnamon, coriander, and neroli). This gave the medicinal claims Coca-Cola had about alleviating headaches.

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