Simple Facts to Know

1.Chocolate is the number one food flavouring in the world, beating vanilla and Banana by 3 to 1.

2. The PET bottle or the polyethylene Terephthalate bottle was introduced in 1973.

3. Nuclear ships are basically steamships and are driven by steam turbines. The nuclear reactor just develops the heat to boil the water.

4. Everyday an average human being spends about 1 hour on travel.

5. Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

6. The world’s best selling book is the Bible! It is also the most shop lifted book in the world!

7. France, A country of about 60 million people has about 60 million tourists every year.

8. The world’s oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 foot long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse, Holland.

9. Water expands by about 9 percent as it freezes. Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.

10. The Chinese use about 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make the sticks.

11. Different animal sounds: Dolphins – Click, Peacocks – Scream, Tortoises – Grunt and Hyenas – Laugh!!

12. What are these group of animals called: Crocodiles – A float of crocodiles, Flies – A swarm of flies, Lions – A pride of lions, Rhinos – A crash of rhinos!!

Hope readers found the information interesting.