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Upload to Facebook During the Roman time, Salt was worth its weight in Gold and Soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word 'Salary'! -
Upload to Facebook Did you know the American currency is made of cotton and not paper? According to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the US paper currency is made up of 75% cotton and 25% linen. -
Upload to Facebook Did you know an Octopus has 9 brains, 3 hearts and blue blood! -
Upload to Facebook During the reign of King Leopold II of Belgium in Congo, the man you see in the picture failed to reach his daily rubber collection quota, in the year 1904. To punish him, the Belgian officers cut off the hand and foot of his 5-year old daughter. The man named Nsala is seen staring at his daughter's remains in the picture. The officers didn't stop there. They killed his daughter and wife and cannibalized their bodies! -
Upload to Facebook Jackie Chan once broke all 12 Cement blocks with a fist holding an egg, and not damaging the egg at all! -
Upload to Facebook Chloroform takes about 6-8 minutes to make a person unconscious.
Not just 10 seconds as shown in the movies! -
Upload to Facebook In 1958, two pilots Robert Timm and Jim Cook flew an aircraft for more than two months without landing, refueling by matching speed with a truck driving down a road. Their record hasn't been broken yet. -
Upload to Facebook 1.2 billion passengers have travelled since the start of 2020, with 44 cases reported of confirmed, probable or potential transmission associated with a flight.
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Upload to Facebook If you publish a book in Norway, the Government will buy 1,000 copies (1,500 if it's a children's book) and distribute those in the libraries throughout the country. -
Upload to Facebook There are an estimated 5,000 janitors in the U.S. with PhD degrees!
