Profound Quotes

You may be deceived if you trust too much but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough - Frank Crane

Sunday 29 July 2012

Country 6-7


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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