Believe it or not
MOST PEOPLE HAVE A WORKING LIFE BETWEEN FORTY AND FIFTY YEARS , BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS MUCH LONGER . MR IZUMI OF JAPAN BEGAN WORK IN A SUGAR FACTORY IN 1872 AT THE AGE OF SEVEN. HE RETIRED IN 1970 AT THE AGE OF 105 AFTER A WORKING LIFE OF 98 YEARS.
AN AMERICAN WRITER NAMED MORGAN ROBERTSON WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE SINKING OF THE TITAN .IN HIS STORY A BIG PASSENGER SHIP LIKE THE TITANIC SAILED FROM ENGLAND . ON THE TRIP TO NEW YORK THE TITAN HIT AN ICEBERG AND SANK. MANY PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH LIFE BOATS.
WHY IS THIS STORY AMAZING? BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 1898, 14 YEARS BEFORE THE TITANIC SANK .
THE WORLD’S GREATEST LINGUIST IS ZIAD FAZAH OF BRAZIL. HE CAN SPEAK AND WRITE 58 LANGUAGES.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,950 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE WORLD TODAY. 845 OF THEM ARE SPOKEN IN INDIA.
THE AVERAGE YEARLY SALARY IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRY OF SWITZERLAND, ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ,IS 36,320 $ .
THE AVERAGE YEARLY SALARY IN THE AFRICAN COUNTRY OF MOZAMBIQUE , ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD , IS JUST 60 $.
NUCLEAR POWER STATION USE THE METAL URANIUM AS FUEL TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY. FIVE TONES OF URANIUM CAN PRODUCE THE SAME AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY AS 500,000 BARRELS OF OIL.
FRANCE IS THE WORLDS MOST POPULAR PLACE TO GO FOR A HOLIDAY . IN 1996, MORE THAN 60 MILLION TOURISTS WENT THERE . HOWEVER , THE USA IS THE COUNTRY THAT EARNS THE MOST MONEY FROM TOURISM . IN 1996, TOURISTS IN THE USA SPENT MORE THAN $ 60 BILLION .
DURING A LIFETIME, THE AVERAGE PERSON …..
EATS 50 TONES OF FOOD.
WATCHES TELEVISION FOR SEVEN YEARS.
DRINK 50,000 LITERS OF LIQUIDS.
SLEEPS FOR 20 YEARS.
WALKS FOR 25,000 KILOMETERS.
SPENDS TWO YEARS IN THE BATHROOM.
AND THEIR HEART BEATS 2,600,000,000 TIMES.
THE LARGEST NEWSPAPER EVER PRINTED WAS THE NEW YORK TIMES OF 14TH SEPTEMBER 1987 IT CONTAINED 1,612 PAGES AND WEIGHED 5.4 KG.