Some FACTS to Ponder

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You can take the world in your hands and can make your life a colourful one if you have some knowledge about the FACTS about this world, the things that happen in it etc... So lets ponder over some facts some of which may even take your breath away.
Did you know that... MONEY It can buy a House but not a Home, It can buy a Clock but not Time, It can buy Position but not Respect, It can buy Bed but not Sleep, It can buy Book but not Knowledge, It can buy Medicine but not Health, It can buy Blood but not LIFE. The longest word in the world has 45 alphabets and is a name of a disease. The word is 'PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS' Read as Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis. The largest meteorite in the world lies in the ground in Africa and weighs more than 60 ton. Angel Falls in Venezuela is teh world's highest waterfall at 3212 feet. On average, a woman will speaks 7000 words per day whereas a man speaks only 2000 word in the same period of time. The number of termites of the world outweigh by 10:1. Over 1000 tornadoes touch down in USA every year. The discharge from an electric eel can pack 650 V - enough to shock an elephant. The average Chinese Family has 3 bicycles and no car. The Earth's lowest point is the Dead Sea. Its surface is 1312 feet below the Mediterranean level. The energy in an average one day hurricane can power USA for 3 years. The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself. Mosquitoes find their prey by sensing Carbon-di-oxide in breath. One human brain generates more electrical impulses in one day than all the world's telephones put together. Half of the Chinese population are Myopic (short sighted). Dragon flies have a lifespan of 24 hours. The oldest repair work on the Egyptian Sphinx was done over 4000 years ago. A bee has 5 eyes. BOOKKEEPER is the only English word with three consecutive double letters. Camel's milk does not curdle. Tiger cubs are born blind and weigh about 1 kg. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada. The onion is actually a lily.
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