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The world cattle population is approx. 1,294,604,000

The world goat population is approx. 94,266,000

The world pig population is approx. 857,099,000

The world record for keeping a Polo in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hours and 10 minutes.

the world record for spitting a watermelon seed is 65 feet 4 inches .

The world sheep population is approx. 1,202,920,000

The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.

The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The world's first McSki opened in Sweden with Ski-Thru service - allowing skiers to ski up to the counter and order their McDonald's meal.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The 'y' in signs reading "ye olde.." is properly pronounced with a 'th' sound, not 'y'. The "th" sound does not exist in Latin, so ancient Roman occupied (present day) England use the rune "thorn" to represent "th" sounds. With the advent of the printing press the character from the Roman alphabet which closest resembled thorn was the lower case "y".

The year 1987 was the 50th anniversary of Spam

The youngest person to give birth was a five-yr. old tribal girl (C-Section of course)

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

2605. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : chidambaram subramaniam
freedom fighter, minister of agriculture (father of green revolution)
Year : 1998
Region : tamil nadu.

Their are only two types of pig: American and European

There are 1,355,000 (+/- 1000) Monoliths on Jupiter in 2010: A Space Oddessy

There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.

There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States!

There are 13 blimps in the world, nine are in the USA

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Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize : Chemistry
Year : 1915
Name : richard m. willstatter
Country : germany. .. More >>

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