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Feb 22, 2016 at 12:05

30 Amazing Facts From Around The

World That You Won’t Believe Are
True
by Akarsh Mehrotra

The world is filled with mysteries. Some solved, some you can't fathom and some that
remain completely unknown. But then, there comes a time when the unknown
becomes known, and once verified, it becomes fact. So, here are some amazing facts
from around the world that will really leave you amazed:

1. In 1948, before Pakistan had the facilities, The Reserve

Bank of India issued provisional notes for the Pakistani
Rupee.

It put the stamp of Government of Pakistan. They started printing it later in 1948.

2. In 2011, a woman named Aimee Davison purchased a 'non

visible' piece of art for $10,000.
She was promised an entire wing of the museum named in her honour & a title card
with a description of the piece. The artwork in question was "Fresh Air". Read more
about it here.

Source: dailymail

3. In 2006, a woman lit matches in a flight to cover her fart

smell. That forced an emergency landing.

She claimed she had 'a medical condition' that apparently involved flatulence
Source: foxnews

4. Saddam Hussein was the author of a romantic novel

called Zabiba and the King.
It was originally published anonymously in Iraq in 2000.

Source: omgfacts

5. In Taiwan, there is a restaurant that serves food on

miniature toilets.

Source: inspire fusion

6. Prince Charles & Prince William always travel in separate

planes in case there is a crash, one needs to survive.

Source: parade
7. Las Vegas casinos have no clocks.

That way, customers tend to spend more time.

Source: casinoroyalhotel

8. Everyday, 20 banks are robbed. The average amount

stolen is ₹1,72,100.

Source: unknownviral

9. Cockroaches were there 120 million years before

dinosaurs roamed the earth.

And they survived!

Source: BBC

10. As a kid, Adolf Hitler wanted to be a priest.

Didn't quite work out that way, did it?

Source: expeltheparasite

11. He also suffered from Ailurophobia, which is a fear of

cats. Alexander the Great, Napoleon and Mussolini had the
same phobia.
12. Global Warming helped settle a land dispute between
India and Bangladesh. The area in question was New Moore,
or South Talpatti. But the island drowned because of global
warming in 2010.

No land left, no dispute left.

Source: mynewspapercut

13. Butterflies were originally called flutterflies.

Source: hdwallpapers

14. Once, carrots were purple.

Until late in the 16th century Dutch growers took mutant strains of the purple carrot
and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.

Source: kathleenjshields

15. Millions of crabs migrate on the Christmas Islands

towards the shore to mate and populate.

There are around 43.2 million crabs on the island in the Indian Ocean.

Source: todayifoundout
16. The 110-acre 'Snake Island' in Sao Paulo has 4,000
snakes. Which is one snake for every 6 square yards. It is
one of the world's deadliest islands.

It is also home to Golden Lancehead. Its venom is capable of melting human flesh.

Source: viralspell

17. Worldwide, women earn US$18 trillion but spend US$28

trillion.

Source: madelastonlineshopping

18. Charles Darwin ate almost every animal he discovered.

Source: popsci

19. Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.

Pluto is 2370 kilometres (1473 miles) across, which can easily fit within Russia’s
largest east-to-west radius of 10,000 km and the north-to-south size of 4000 km.

Source: NASA

20. However, it has less population than the small country of

Bangladesh.

Source: emaze
21. Sir Isaac Newton at the age of 19, threatened to burn his
parents alive.
Source: openculture

22. Two actors have died while playing Judas in live Biblical
plays by accidentally hanging themselves for real during the
death scene.

Source: web2carz

23. For every human, there are 1.6 million ants in the world.
Source: wikipedia

24. However, the weight of all ants combined is almost equal

to the weight of all humans combined.

Source: ted

25. The world's largest family stays in India. The husband

has 39 wives and 94 children.

Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They

live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the
Indian state of Mizoram.
Source: telegraph

26. Amazon holds a patent on 1-click buying; Apple pays

them licensing fees.

They licensed 1-click ordering to Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in 2000 for use
on its online store.
Source: shopaholicsavers
27. Microsoft has a patent, for opening a new window when
you click a hyperlink. It expires in 2021.
Source: bgr

28. Speaking of patents, Halliburton Company once tried to

patent patenting.

The company filed for a patent on "patent acquisition and assertion by a (non-
inventor) first party against a second party."

Source: infiniteunknown

29. Brad Pitt was banned from entering China for his role in
the movie Seven Years in Tibet (1997).
He was banned along with Director Jean-Jacques Annaud and co-actor David Thewlis
for portraying the Dalai Lama in positive light.
Source: secretsofthefed
30. A man planted 7,000 trees to make a guitar shaped forest
as tribute to his wife.

Sadly, Mr Ureta admits he has only ever seen photographs of the complete guitar as a
traumatic event in his youth has left him with a fear of flying.

Source: atlasobscura

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