some interesting facts

India
March 16, 2009 3:32am CST
hi friends.i found these facts in a website and thought i could share them with you. 1.when Albert Einstein died,his final words died with him.the nurse at his side didnt understand german. 2.a south african monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during world war 1 3.coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world.the largest is petrol 4.in ancient peru,when a woman finds an ugly potato,it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man 5.the 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years 6.julius caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover the onset of baldness 7.alexander graham bell,the inventor of telephone,never phoned his wife or mother.they were both deaf. 8.on 15th april 1912,the ss titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1500 people died.fourteen years earlier,a novel was published by morgan robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster.the book described a ship the same size as the titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty april night.the name of robertson's foctional ship was the titan. enjoy ur day
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@rainmark (4302)
16 Mar 09
Very interesting facts thnx for sharing. I always like watching discovery and history channel to learn some of the worlds interesting facts.
@Jamiesim (28)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 09
Thanks for sharing with us.
@23uday (2997)
• India
16 Mar 09
Hi friend, Great facts of the world. I have also some of the facts were 1.butterflies do not roses 2.Beard has 7 to 15 thousand hairs 3.Ice creams are more sales in australia 4. In eyebrow hairs having 550 5.In thailand flying kites are professional sport 6.Banana contains more proteins than the chocolate candy.