61. There used to be fake Apple stores in China. Even the staff were convinced that they were working for Apple.

62. Chinese smoke around 2.2 trillion cigarettes a year, of which 400 billion are fake, made mostly inillegal cigarette factories in caves below a city in China, often containing 80 percent more nicotine, 130 percent more carbon monoxide and occasionally insect eggs and human feces.

63. An estimated 10,000 cats are eaten per day in China’s Guangdong province.

64. A museum in Hebei Provence, China, was shut downbafter the majority of its 40,000 artifacts and antiques were discovered to be fakes.

65. During the 2008 Olympics, China employed 30 airplanes, 4,000 rocket launchers, and 7,000 anti-aircraft guns to stop rain by shooting various chemicals into any threatening clouds to shrink rain drops before they reached the stadium.

66. Some people in China actually earn $50,000 a year for being professional fart smellers.



http://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-china/

67. MS Allure of the Seas, Oasis-class is largest cruise ship in the world. At 362 m (1,187 ft) long, 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crews.

68. Large cruise ships generate over 200,000 gallons of sewage and 8 tons of solid waste every week.

69. There are only two places on earth where men outlive women: southern Asia and Iran.

70. The Tokyo Zoo closes down for two months every year to give the animals a little break from the people.

Following with rapt attention . @ Explorer, nice thread as usual

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70. Europe is the only continent without a desert.

71. Walmart stores in China sell almost “all” kinds of dead animals.

Anything that crawls, walks, flies, hops, swims can be served on plate in China. And Walmart here, understands that Chinese need variety. So, from frozen crocodiles to perhaps even shark meat, apparently any animal at all can be found under one roof in China.

61. There used to be fake Apple stores in China. Even the staff were convinced that they were working for Apple.

Fake/cheap standard is in there DNA

64. A museum in Hebei Provence, China, was shut downbafter the majority of its 40,000 artifacts and antiques were discovered to be fakes.

Even I read a news how a zoo used faked lions in a zoo(they where humans but wore lion costumes).
They can fake a country if possible

65. During the 2008 Olympics, China employed 30 airplanes, 4,000 rocket launchers, and 7,000 anti-aircraft guns to stop rain by shooting various chemicals into any threatening clouds to shrink rain drops before they reached the stadium.

In Nigeria all those village rain makers for make Nigeria proud but they have regulate to it to look diabolical, but it's just science to stop/cause rain from rain clouds.

There are leafs/elements that give off those chemicals, when they pour it in the sky, the chants na just wash... (I believe in spiritual things too, don't get m wrong)

Explorers:
67. MS Allure of the Seas, Oasis-class is largest cruise ship in the world. At 362 m (1,187 ft) long, 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crews.

On May 22nd 2016, MS Allure of the seas will seize to be the largest passenger ship in the world. Her younger sister "MS Harmony of the seas" will take up the mantle of leadership by surpassing her with some whooping 2,000 tons in weight and 2.15 meters (7.1 ft) in length. That's an amazing feat of engineering design, wish i could be on the first voyage

Explorers:
9. Number of women in Russia are 9 million more as compared to men, this is the reason why good man is so difficult to find there.
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I wonder why Nigerian guy ne flock there.
So many independent ladies with loyalty to select from

Ladies will be guarding their man like kilode

72. The Sahara Desert at one time was lush grassland and savannah. Overgrazing and climate change in 8000 B.C. began to change the area from pastoral land to desert. Now it is the world’s largest hot desert at over 3,630,000 square miles roughly the size of the United States.

Explorers:
24. San Alfonso Del Mar, located on the coast of Chile, is the world's largest pool and holds 250 million litres of water.

Does it make the pool very deep?

73. The pyramids of Egypt are not only the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world, they are the only ones to survive today. An Arab proverb captures the pyramids endurance: “Man fears Time, yet Time fears the pyramids.”

The other six wonders are: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, tthe Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Explorers:
The pyramids of Egypt are not only the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world, they are the only ones to survive today. An Arab proverb captures the pyramids endurance: “Man fears Time, yet Time fears the pyramids.”

The other six wonders are: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, tthe Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Bro I look forward to a thread from you about the seven wonders of the world and their significant importance (i.e. What makes them unique)

74. Until the Lincoln Cathedral was built in England in 1311, the Great Pyramid of Giza held the title for the world´s tallest man-made structure. It held the record for an incredible and unparalleled 3871 years.

Gidoka:



Bro I look forward to a thread from you about the seven wonders of the world and their significant importance (i.e. What makes them unique)

Will try bro...Tnx

75. The estimates of the number of workers involved in the construction of the pyramids might have been as many 100,000 people.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is estimated to consist of 2,300,000 stone blocks that weigh anywhere between 2 to 30 tons with some blocks weighing over 50 tons.
While experts usually agree on the hypothesis that the pyramids were built from huge stones carved with copper chisels from stone quarries the methods used to move and place the stones remain the matter of further debates and speculations.



http://list25.com/25-fascinating-facts-about-egyptian-pyramids/

Explorers:
61. There used to be fake Apple stores in China. Even the staff were convinced that they were working for Apple.

62. Chinese smoke around 2.2 trillion cigarettes a year, of which 400 billion are fake, made mostly inillegal cigarette factories in caves below a city in China, often containing 80 percent more nicotine, 130 percent more carbon monoxide and occasionally insect eggs and human feces.

63. An estimated 10,000 cats are eaten per day in China’s Guangdong province.

64. A museum in Hebei Provence, China, was shut downbafter the majority of its 40,000 artifacts and antiques were discovered to be fakes.

65. During the 2008 Olympics, China employed 30 airplanes, 4,000 rocket launchers, and 7,000 anti-aircraft guns to stop rain by shooting various chemicals into any threatening clouds to shrink rain drops before they reached the stadium.

66. Some people in China actually earn $50,000 a year for being professional fart smellers.



http://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-china/

seriously

76. There are ATMs in Dubai that dispense gold bars.

77. Dubai has no address system, no zip codes, no area codes and no postal system. For a package to be sent properly, the sender would haveto leave proper directions to the destination of said package.

78. Dubai has no sewer system, instead they use poop trucks to haul the entire cities’ excrement away.

79. People living over the 80th floor of Dubai’s tallest building in the world have to wait 2 extra minutes before breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan because they will be able to see the sun longer than those on the ground.

80. Dubai’s artificial Palm Islands imported enough sand to fill 2.5 Empire State Buildings. The Islands were constructed from 94 million m3 of sand while 37 million m3 was required to complete the Empire State Building.

81. In Dubai, wild animals are used as pets, and the owners drive alongside with their pets sitting on the passenger seat.

82. 85% of Dubai population are foreigners. Most of who come from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They migrate to Dubai in search of a well-paying job.



http://listabuzz.com/22-shocking-facts-about-dubai-you-should-know/

83. Dubai is building a 50,000,000 square foot climate-controlled indoor city from scratch.

Explorers:
76. There are ATMs in Dubai that dispense gold bars.

77. Dubai has no address system, no zip codes, no area codes and no postal system. For a package to be sent properly, the sender would haveto leave proper directions to the destination of said package.

78. Dubai has no sewer system, instead they use poop trucks to haul the entire cities’ excrement away.

79. People living over the 80th floor of Dubai’s tallest building in the world have to wait 2 extra minutes before breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan because they will be able to see the sun longer than those on the ground.

I really need to set my hands on pure gold bars.. Where can I get them here in Nigeria.?

84. Due to unbearable heat and high humidity in Dubai, air conditioners are a necessity and are everywhere, even outside. Bus stops in Dubai are enclosed and air-conditioned.

85. In 1968 there were only 13 cars in Dubai. Today the traffic in the city is so dense they have to build double Decker roads to contain all the cars.

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78. Dubai has no sewer system, instead they use poop trucks to haul the entire cities’ excrement away.

How to they now get their poop into the trucks? Is it not done systematically?

Explorers:
73. The pyramids of Egypt are not only the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world, they are the only ones to survive today. An Arab proverb captures the pyramids endurance: “Man fears Time, yet Time fears the pyramids.”

The other six wonders are: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, tthe Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

My syntax lecturer back in the days gave us a brief exposé of how king Nebudcanezzar built the hanging gardens of Babylon and also of the greatest library in Alexandria, Egypt.
Nice on explorers

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61. There used to be fake Apple stores in China. Even the staff were convinced that they were working for Apple.

62. Chinese smoke around 2.2 trillion cigarettes a year, of which 400 billion are fake, made mostly inillegal cigarette factories in caves below a city in China, often containing 80 percent more nicotine, 130 percent more carbon monoxide and occasionally insect eggs and human feces.

64. A museum in Hebei Provence, China, was shut downbafter the majority of its 40,000 artifacts and antiques were discovered to be fakes.


http://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-china/

A chinese man said he doesnt believe in Jesus, but if you show him one, he can produce two!
That na why I dey fear that Buhari agreement.

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