Some Random CoOL Facts
10% of the world’s population speak English as their mother tongue (Chinese 21%, Spanish 6%, Russian 6%, Malay 4%, Hindi 4%, Japanese 3%, Arabic 3%, Portuguese 3%, French 2%, German 2%).- On average, someone in the United States is killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes.
- Jackie Chan DISLOCATED HIS PELVIS while shooting the movie “Police Story”. This injury is almost unheard of.
- There are Chinatowns on every continent (except Antarctica).
- The ability to roll your tongue is inherited genetically.
- Pineberries are a strawberry derivative that taste like pineapple.
- Large sections of the Great Wall of China are disappearing.
- The color of the Sun is actually white.
- The McDonald’s business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California.
- 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
- Apple Seeds and Cherry Pits are Poisonous! They contain a compound that is broken down into Hydrogen Cyanide. But don’t worry unless you are planning on eating a bunch of them.
- The first text message was sent in 1992.
- The ringtone “Nokia tune” is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named “Gran Vals” by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named “Grande Valse” on Nokia phones but was changed to “Nokia Tune” around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the “Nokia Tune.”
- If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
- On the TV show Dexter, the actor who plays Dexter is married to his on-screen ‘sister’.
