DO YOU KNOW THAT,,

• There is a ban on chewing gum in singapore?the reason behind this is that it spoils the surroundings..
• after sun sets,it is banned to sing aloud such that others can hear?This is implemented in the hawaai islands..
• BBC radio broadcasting has begun in 1922?
• in Russia,whether it is an occasion of a marriage or someone's death,there is a ritual of giving flower bokays..But if its an occasion of a marriage the number of flowers in the bokay must be an even number..
• a person who lives for 70 yrs consumes 5000 litres of drinking water..?
• a diamond turns into vapour if heated to 1405 degree farenheit?
• skin is the largest organ in human body? it spans nearly 25 sq.feet for an average sized person..
• one fourth of the bones in the human body appear in the feet of a person..?
• the first man in the world to run a lending library was benjamin franklin..?
• the fear for death is called as 'necrofobia'?
• the first three industries responsible for environmental pollution are iron,steel and cement?
• a kangaroo kid is called joy?
• vitamin C can be found in plenty in strawberry than an orange?
• a human eye can differentiate 1 crore colours?
• there are 17 different species of penguin?
• there is a rule made by the american congress in 1832 according to which a person should be without any food for a day in a year.Neither the people followed that nor the government imposed any punishment for not following the rule.
• noodles were made in china 40 thousand years back?
• a small cat which is just born can neither see nor hear?
• a man who got 4 gold medals in berlin olympics in 1936,later has to race with horses for his being in this world?That man is none other than jessy owens of america..
• INDIA is the country having largest number of post offices..
• prior to 1896,diamonds are distributed across the world from INDIA(according to gemological institue of america)
• the first monument to be made of granite is in INDIA?its the brihadishwaraalay in tamilnadu..it took 80 tonnes of granite to construct this temple..
• the organisation having largest number of emloyees in the world is the INDIAN RAILWAYS?It is serving over 10 lack employees.
• the game of chess was invented by indians?
• INDIA has 3 lack masjid's?..No other muslim country or territory has these many masjid's.
• INDIA has not occupied any other country since 5000 years.
• Oak trees are the most affected to thunders?
• the smallest word which can be made from a,b,c,d,e,f is 'feedback'?
• sonia gandhi gets more than thousand letters a month?
• mclaren,mclean the person who acted in the marlboro man,eventually died due to lung cancer?
• people with beard used to pay seperate tax in Russia during peter the greats empire?
• there is an allowence in america,according to which people can have their own names to mountains which previously did not have any name?
• the only year which looks same whether looked from top or bottom is '1961'..the other year is 6009.
• the fingers of people who work a full day on a keyboard tend to move a distance of 12 miles?
• 10% of the land in the world is occupied by the himalayan mountains?
• the most shiniest city when vied from the space is Las vegas?
• the largest frog is the goliat frog,which grows for 34cms?
• vatican city occupies only 109 acres?
• compared to cow's milk, a camel's milk has 10% more iron?
• the rule of seat belt in a car was brought first time in 1984 in new york..
• the reel of a 60 min audio cassette will be 565 feet long?

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what numbers say?

33%...............the percentage of people who earn less than 40rs per day in INDIA.

50LAKHS.......the number of foreign tourists visiting INDIA last year.

4,35,924.......the number of motor cycles sold in december 2007 in INDIA.

Rs.80 lakhs.......the cost of a ticket for a space tour in virgin galactic space ship.

58%......................the percent of people in america not receiving salary hikes in accordance with their life standards.

Rs.25,00,00,000....the cost of roses that were sold on valentines day this year in INDIA.

3,30,000 tonnes.......the e-waste produced in 2007 in INDIA.But only 19thousand tonnes were re-processed .

Rs.7.2 crores................the amount government of india spent for investigating the babri masjid blast case.This case is being dealt by the liberhann commission.

21.5%.................................the percent of women who smoke in united states.About 4.5% people smoke in US's total population.Amazingly this is 11.2 % in INDIA.

1411..................................... the number of tigers in INDIA at the beginning of 2008.this number was 3642 in the year 2002.

25 kgs .................................on average the amount of chocolate an american eat in an year.

40% .....................................the percent of people who speak hindi in INDIA.

900 ......................................number of movies released in INDIA on an average.

56% ......................................the percent of children between 8-15yrs who have a TV in their bedroom in US.

800 .......................................the number of earth quakes that occur in an year in the british columbia..This number is over thousand when it comes to japan..

17,50,000 ............................the number of small cars that were sold in INDIA in 2007..this has a market share of 61%.

10 million billion ..................the number of calculations a human mind can do in one second.

Rs.240crores........................the amount US spent to destroy a satellite recently..

3...............................................the number of soldiers per thousand people in INDIA..

346 .........................................the number of airports in INDIA..

4.73kgs ................................ the weight of an elephant's brain..

50 ...........................................the number of people using telephone per thousand people in INDIA.

0.5% ...................................... the percent of houses insured for natural disasters in INDIA..

9.8crores ............................the number people suffering from obesity in INDIA..

17 cms ..................................the sea level rise in the 20th century..

26% .......................................the number of houses in villages in which only one person can read or write..

45,000 kms..........................the total length of rivers in INDIA..

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