Friday, 15 June 2012

[www.keralites.net] Did you know? part-17

 


Fun & Info @ Keralites.net
Part-17
Did you know The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
 
Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
 
Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
 
Did you know dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow
 
Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
 
Did you know 1 gigayear = 1,000,000,000,000 years
 
Did you know the water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink
Did you know Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January
 
Did you know the Moons diameter is 3,476km
 
Did you know New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
 
Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
 
Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
 
Did you know EMI awards stands for 'Electrical and Musical Instruments'
 
Did you know the most sung song is happy birthday
 
Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843
 
Did you know the most common injury in ten pin bowling is a sore thumb
 
Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
 
Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess
 
Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
 
Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards


Engr.Sulthan

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