Facts : Places

Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.

• Central Park located in New York has 125 drinking fountains.

• Cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise located in Paris is the most visited cemetery in the world. The cemetery opened in 1805 and has over one million people buried there, including rock star Jim Morrison.

• Every year, an igloo hotel is built in Sweden that has the capacity to sleep 100 people.

• Frank Wathernam was the last prisoner to leave Alcatraz prison on March 21, 1963.

• From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas.

• Hawaii's Mount Waialeale is the wettest place in the world - it rains throughout the year and about 460 inches per annum.

• Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name.

• Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America.

• In 1785, the city of Paris removed bones from cemeteries to ease the overflow of dead people. They took these bones and stacked them in tunnels now known as the Catacombs. You can visit these tunnel attractions and work your way along long corridors, which are stacked with skulls and bones.

• In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones.
  

• In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks.
  

• In Las Vegas, the busiest and two most popular days chosen for couples to get married are St. Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve.
  

• Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah.
  

• One of the steepest main streets in Canada is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. Over a distance of two blocks the street rises about 80 feet.

• Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog.
  

• The American Airlines Center in Dallas has more toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the country
  

• The Golden Gate Bridge was first opened in 1937.
  

• The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.
  

• The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. It was first erected as "Hollywoodland."
  

• The Library of Congress, located in Washington D.C., is the largest library in the world.
  

• The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses.
  

• The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world.
  

• The North of Scotland's oldest inhabited castle is Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye.
  

• The Sears Tower consists of nine framed tubes, which connects nine skyscrapers as one building.
  

• The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles.
  

• The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel.
  

• The average stay for a prisoner on Alcatraz, when it was used as a prison, was five years.

• The city of Chicago has the only post office in the world where you can drive your car through.
  

• The deepest cave in the world is the "Lamprechtsofen- Vogelshacht" cave which can be found in Salzburg, Austria. The cave is 5,354 feet deep.
  

• The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland.
  

• The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower.
  

• The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college.
  

• The largest wedding chapel in Las Vegas is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel, which can seat 100 people.
  

• The most famous movie theatre is the "Chinese Theatre" located in Los Angeles, USA.
  

• The most popular vacation destinations for Americans in 1956 was Niagara Falls.
  

• The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
  

• The oldest inhabited house in Scotland is the Traquair Castle. The castle has had 27 kings as visitors.
  

• The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
  

• The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.
  

• The tallest freestanding sculpture in the world is Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota, USA.
  

• The term "the Big Apple" came into common usage in the 1930s when touring jazz musicians referred to a town or city as an apple, making New York the Big Apple.

• The world's largest bullfighting ring is in Mexico City. The "Plaza de Toros" opened in 1946 and has a seating capacity of about fifty thousand people.
  

• The world's only museum of Phallology is in Reykjavik, Iceland. Phallology is the the science of the penis.
  

• The world's tallest roller coaster is located in England and reaches a peak height of 72 meters.
  

• The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building.
  

• There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater.
  

• There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to pave a two lane highway from San Francisco to New York.
  

• There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station.
  

• Tomatina is the legendary Spanish tomato-throwing festival held in Bunol, Spain.

NEW Amazing Facts

1. People who ride on roller coaters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.

2. Black bears are not always black they can be brown, cinnamon, yellow and sometimes white.

3. People with blue eyes see better in dark.

4. Each year 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.

5. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet.

6. The sun is 330330 times larger than the earth.

7. The cow gives nearly 200000 glass of milk in her lifetime.

8. There are more female than male millionaires in the U.S.A.

9. A male baboon can kill a leopard.

10. When a person dies, hearing is usually the first sense to go.

11. Bill gates house was designed using Macintosh computer.

12. Nearly 22,000 cheques will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.

13. Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made from grass.

14. Some lions mates over 50 times a day.

15. American did not commonly use forks until after the civil war.

16. The most productive day of the week is Tuesday.

17. In the 1930's America track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

18. There's a great mushroom in Oregon that is 2,400 years old. Covers 3.4 square miles of land and is still growing.

19. Jimmy Carter is the first U.S.A. president to have born in hospital.

20. Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

21. Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

22. Human birth control pill work on gorillas.

23. The right lung takes in more air than the left.

24. It is illegal to own a red car in shanghai china.

25. A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.

26. Astronauts cannot burp in space.

27. The snowiest city in the U.S.A. is blue canyon, California Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.

28. Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

29. The great warrior Genghis khan died in bed while having $ex.

30. No matter how cold it gets gasoline will not freeze.

31. SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.

32. A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.

33. DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.

34. A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.

35. The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.

36. The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.

37. DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.

38. CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.

39. The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.

40. OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.

41. POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.

42. KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.

43. ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.

44. OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

45. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

46. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

47. The c!garette lighter was invented before the match.

48. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

49. Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.

50. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

51. A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.

The top 10 languages spoken in the world

The top 10 languages spoken in the world


10. French -- Number of speakers: 129 million
Often called the most romantic language in the world, French is spoken in tons of countries, including Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti. Oh, and France too. We're actually very lucky that French is so popular, because without it, we might have been stuck with Dutch Toast, Dutch Fries, and Dutch kissing (ew!).
To say "hello" in French, say "Bonjour" (bone-JOOR).

9. Malay—Indonesian Number of speakers: 159 million
Malay-Indonesian is spoken - surprise - in Malaysia and Indonesia. Actually, we kinda fudged the numbers on this one because there are many dialects of Malay, the most popular of which is Indonesian. But they're all pretty much based on the same root language, which makes it the ninth most-spoken in the world.Indonesia is a fascinating place; a nation made up of over 13,000 islands it is the sixth most populated country in the world. Malaysia borders on two of the larger parts of Indonesia (including the island of Borneo), and is mostly known for its capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
To say "hello" in Indonesian, say "Selamat pagi" (se-LA-maht PA-gee).

8. Portuguese -- Number of speakers: 191 million
Think of Portuguese as the little language that could. In the 12th Century, Portugal won its independence from Spain and expanded all over the world with the help of its famous explorers like Vasco da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator. (Good thing Henry became a navigator . . . could you imagine if a guy named "Prince Henry the Navigator" became a florist?) Because Portugal got in so early on the exploring game, the language established itself all over the world, especially in Brazil (where it's the national language), Macau, Angola, Venezuela, and Mozambique.
To say "hello" in Portuguese, say "Bom dia" (bohn DEE-ah).

7. Bengali -- Number of speakers: 211 million
In Bangladesh, a country of 120+ million people, just about everybody speaks Bengali. And because Bangladesh is virtually surrounded by India (where the population is growing so fast, just breathing the air can get you pregnant), the number of Bengali speakers in the world is much higher than most people would expect.
To say "hello" in Bengali, say "Ei Je" (EYE-jay).

6. Arabic -- Number of speakers: 246 million
Arabic, one of the world's oldest languages, is spoken in the Middle East, with speakers found in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Furthermore, because Arabic is the language of the Koran, millions of Moslems in other countries speak Arabic as well. So many people have a working knowledge of Arabic, in fact, that in 1974 it was made the sixth official language of the United Nations.
To say "hello" in Arabic, say "Al salaam a'alaykum" (Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom) .

5. Russian -- Number of speakers: 277 million
Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Yakov Smirnoff are among the millions of Russian speakers out there. Sure, we used to think of them as our Commie enemies. Now we think of them as our Commie friends. One of the six languages in the UN, Russian is spoken not only in the Mother Country, but also in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the U.S. (to name just a few places).
To say "hello" in Russian, say "Zdravstvuite" (ZDRAST-vet- yah).

4. Spanish -- Number of speakers: 392 million
Aside from all of those kids who take it in high school, Spanish is spoken in just about every South American and Central American country, not to mention Spain, Cuba, and the U.S. There is a particular interest in Spanish in the U.S., as many English words are borrowed from the language, including: tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, enchilada, and taco grande supreme.
To say "hello" in Spanish, say "Hola" (OH-la).

3. Hindustani -- Number of speakers: 497 million
Hindustani is the primary language of India's crowded population, and it encompasses a huge number of dialects (of which the most commonly spoken is Hindi). While many predict that the population of India will soon surpass that of China, the prominence of English in India prevents Hindustani from surpassing the most popular language in the world. If you're interested in learning a little Hindi, there's a very easy way: rent an Indian movie. The film industry in India is the most prolific in the world, making thousands of action/romance/ musicals every year.
To say "hello" in Hindustani, say "Namaste" (Nah-MAH-stay) .

2. English -- Number of speakers: 508 million
While English doesn't have the most speakers, it is the official language of more countries than any other language. Its speakers hail from all around the world, including the U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Canada. We'd tell you more about English, but you probably feel pretty comfortable with the language already. Let's just move on to the most popular language in the world.
To say "hello" in English, say "What's up, freak?" (watz-UP-freek) .

1. Mandarin -- Number of speakers: 1 billion+
Surprise, surprise, the most widely spoken language on the planet is based in the most populated country on the planet, China. Beating second-place English by a 2 to 1 ratio, but don't let that lull you into thinking that Mandarin is easy to learn. Speaking Mandarin can be really tough, because each word can be pronounced in four ways (or "tones"), and a beginner will invariably have trouble distinguishing one tone from another. But if over a billion people could do it, so could you. Try saying hello!
To say "hello" in Mandarin, say "Ni hao" (Nee HaOW). ("Hao" is pronounced as one syllable, but the tone requires that you let your voice drop midway, and then raise it again at the end.)