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Thursday 23 June 2016

FACTS FOR TODAY.

Here are some quick facts about the world we live in:
1.  Coconut water can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
2.  The sea of Galilee is the lowest fresh water lake on Earth.
3.  Number 10 Downing street, in London is the official residence of the British Prime Minister
4.  According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are only 3, 900 tigers left in the world.
5.  The coldest point on Earth is in Russian Research Station in Vostok, Antarctica and it recorded a temperature rate of minus 128. 6 degrees Fahreint.
6.  The hottest place on earth as of 2013 is the Furnace Creek Ranch in California's death valley measuring 56. 7degrees Celsius.
7. Christiano Ronaldo is the first football Player to ever top the richet sportsman list.
8.  A killer whale can travel up to 75 miles a day.
9.  Turkish city of Istanbul is the only city in the world located in two continents.
10. The Bible is the oldest and most ancient book in the world
11.  The fisrt man to land on the moon is Neil Armstrong of the United States.
12.  The first man to go to space or space travel is Russian's Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
13 . The oldest living creature as well as animal is a tortoise named Jonathan who is aged 184 years old.
14.  The ostrich has the largest eyes of any land animal, each eye can be up to 2 inches in diameter.
15. The ostrich is also the fastest land bird, despite its bulk and largeness, it can run at speed of up to 45 metre per hour (mph). If necessary
16. The smallest country in the world is the Vatican City within an area square kilometers of 0. 44.
17.  The largest country by land mass is Russia with an area square kilometers of 17, 075, 200.
18. The current richest country in the world is Qatar with an estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 146, 011. 85.
19. The fastest land animal is the Cheetah which has a record speed of 109. 4-20. 7km/h.
20.  The most corrupt country in the world is Somalia according to Transparency International with a corruption score of 8 out of 100.


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