1. In 1948, before Pakistan had the facilities, The Reserve Bank of India issued provisional notes for the Pakistani Rupee.
It put the stamp of Government of Pakistan. They started printing it later in 1948.

2. In 2011, a woman named Aimee Davison purchased a 'non visible' piece of art for $10,000.
She was promised an entire wing of the museum named in her honour & a title card with a description of the piece. The artwork in question was "Fresh Air".

3. In 2006, a woman lit matches in a flight to cover her fart smell. That forced an emergency landing.
She claimed she had 'a medical condition' that apparently involved flatulence

4. Saddam Hussein was the author of a romantic novel called Zabiba and the King .
It was originally published anonymously in Iraq in 2000.

I'm not sure that woman who bought that frame is ok

5. In Taiwan, there is a restaurant that serves food on miniature toilets.

6. Prince Charles & Prince William always travel in separate planes in case there is a crash, one needs to survive.

7. Las Vegas casinos have no clocks.
That way, customers tend to spend more time.

8. Everyday, 20 banks are robbed. The average amount stolen is ₹1,72,100.

9. Cockroaches were there 120 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth.

10. As a kid, Adolf Hitler wanted to be a priest.
Didn't quite work out that way, did it?

11. Butterflies were originally called flutterflies.

12. Millions of crabs migrate on the Christmas Islands towards the shore to mate and populate.
There are around 43.2 million crabs on the island in the Indian Ocean.
16. The 110-acre 'Snake Island' in Sao Paulo has

13. The 110-acre 'Snake Island' in Sao Paulo has 4,000 snakes. Which is one snake for every 6 square yards. It is one of the world's deadliest islands.
It is also home to Golden Lancehead. Its venom is capable of melting human flesh.

14. Charles Darwin ate almost every animal he discovered.

15. The world's largest family stays in India. The husband has 39 wives and 94 children.
Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram.

16. Worldwide, women earn US$18 trillion but spend US$28 trillion.

17. For every human, there are 1.6 million ants in the world.

18. A man planted 7,000 trees to make a guitar shaped forest as tribute to his wife.
Sadly, Mr Ureta admits he has only ever seen photographs of the complete guitar as a traumatic event in his youth has left him with a fear of flying.

19. Once, carrots were purple.
Until late in the 16th century Dutch growers took mutant strains of the purple carrot and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.

20. Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
Pluto is 2370 kilometres (1473 miles) across, which can easily fit within Russia’s largest east-to-west radius of 10,000 km and the north-to-south size of 4000 km.

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Mynd44
Explorers

nice

Interesting

wow

Are you serious @ Mario.... I played that game a thousand times so how come I never noticed Wow




I think I need to take a trip to Jupiter, what do you guys think?

Really interesting facts op.... some are still unbelievable though.... I wonder why anyone will buy a blank so called piece of art

I don't believe that Jupiter and Saturn own

Indians love colours a lot
How can one man marry 39 wives

Wow. Lovely and educative.