1. The three points of the Mercedes logo represents
land, water and air, as the company was seeking to prosper on
all the three points.
2. Sharks have survived four out of "big five" mass
extinction events which makes them older than humanity, older
than Mount Everest, older than dinosaurs and even older than
trees.
3. The fastest animal in the world is the Peregrine
falcon, reaching speeds of up to 242 mph or
389kmh.
4. Japanese passport is the world's most powerful
passport. It grants visa free access to 191 countries out of
195 countries.
5. After Michael Jackson's death in 2009, his sister
found a hard drive which contained more than 100 unreleased
songs.
6. Chinese students face up to 7 years in prison for
cheating on college entrance examination.
7. Dhrampal Gulati is probably the oldest and active
CEO in the world at age 97.
8. You're looking at the first man-made biological
leaf. It can absorb water and carbon dioxide to produce Oxygen
just like plant.
9. Armadillos have shells so hard that they can
deflect a bullet.
10. Barcode scanners scan the white spaces in
between, and not actually the black bars.
11. A full NASA space suit costs
$12,000,000.
12. Volkswagen owns Audi, SEAT, SKODA, Bentley,
Bugatti, Porsche Lamborghini, Ducati and Scania.
13. Jails in Brazil reduce the sentences of their
prisoners by 4 days (up to 48 years), for every book they read
and write a report on.
14. The word "School" came from an ancient Greek
word means fun time.
15. One in every five adults believe that aliens are
hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
16. Drinking cold water on an empty stomach can
actually boost your metabolism by 30%.
17. Some prison inmates in California sign up to
fight wildfires, at times risking their lives for less than $2
an hour.
18. The average car has 30,000 parts.
19. Bahubali 2 is the most searched word on Google
in the year 2017.
20. There's an alarm clock that fires a rocket into
the air and won't turn off until you find it and put it
back.
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