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100 Interesting Facts about Africa – Part 2
01. There are over 150 regional “kings” in Nigeria, and that one of them used to be a Professor Emeritus at University of North Carolina.
50 Fascinating Facts about Some Awesome Plant And Animal Species – Part 2
01. In 1979, the Black-footed ferret was declared extinct. In 1981 the species was rediscovered when a dog in Meeteetse, Wyoming brought a dead ferret home. A small population was found and today the Black-footed ferret is making a comeback.
25 Interesting Facts about US Prohibition
01. During prohibition, Herbert Hoover would go to the Belgian embassy to have martinis, as it was not illegal to possess alcohol on foreign soil.
50 Fascinating Facts about Capital Cities From Around World
01. Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are over a million people who live in nuclear bunkers.
40 Incredible Facts About Lakes on Planet Earth
01. The bottom of Lake Ontario is so cold that skyscrapers use water from the bottom of the lake as a coolant for AC systems.
25 Terrifying Tales & Facts About Adventure Athletes
01. In 1989, a scuba diver named William Lamm was sucked up by an intake pipe of a nuclear power plant, dragged over 1,600 feet, and deposited in one of the reactor cooling ponds. He lived.
25 Fascinating Fact about Eggs
01. You can “peel” hard-boiled eggs by blowing the egg right out of the shell.
50 Freaky Weather Events That Changed History
1. A dirty thunderstorm occurs when volcanic materials collide as they are ejected from an eruption. These collisions generate positive and negative charges, producing volcanic lightning.
100 Interesting Facts About Germany
01. Germany installs traffic lights in sidewalks so that smartphone users don’t have to look up.
40 Fascinating Facts about Flags
01. The symbol on the flag of Kyrgyzstan is what you see when you look up while inside a yurt.
40 Interesting Facts about Pollution
01. Cruise ship emissions can equal the equivalent of one million cars per day and air quality on deck can be worse than in the world’s most polluted cities.
100 Interesting Facts About Russia
01. There is an abandoned Russian cruise ship (Lyubov Orlova) roaming international waters since January 2013.
25 Interesting Facts about New Zealand
01. Gisborne Airport in New Zealand is one of the very few airports in the world that has an active railway line intersecting the runway. #women #female #woman
50 Beautiful Facts About Cute Animals Which Will Make You Go “Aww” – Part 3
01. Gibbons are one of the only non-human primates which practice monogamy. Both parents play a vital role in raising their young.
25 Fascinating Facts about Presidents From Around the World
01. Canaan Banana, the first president of Zimbabwe, passed a law in 1982 outlawing jokes about his name.