10 interesting facts:
1. Afraid to do operations: In the ancient days, the doctors in Egypt, were afraid to do operations, because, if by chance, the patient dies due to the failure of the operation, immediately, the hands of the concerned doctor were cut off, by the authorities.
2. Long hair and Disney land: Only male persons having long hair are not allowed to enter into that famous “Disney land”, until the year 1950.
3. Jean-Claude Van Damme: The famous Hollywood actor learnt the speaking of English language, while watching the “The Flintstones cartoons”.
4. Walking within the house: Usually, people are of the opinion that persons, in their houses, are usually, spent the time without much movement, but the fact is that, they walk (in the house) to perform house-hold activities, for more than four miles, in a year, on an average.
5. Cars in Bermuda: There are no rented cars (taxis) available in this country. Instead, all cars are owned personally by the people residing in that country (owner-ship cars).
6. Christmas in Massachusetts: It was legally prohibited to observe the famous festival “Christmas”, until the year 1659 A.D. in this state.
7. Sale of pizzas in America: According to recent survey, 350 pizzas are sold out per second in USA. Pizza.com recently sold out for 80 crore. No surprise.
8. Life-span of Egyptians in ancient days: In the ancient times (around 3000B.C), many Egyptians lived up to thirty years only.
9. Jet aero plane and oil requirement: For taking, takeoff-from the ground, the jet aero plane requires 4,000 gallons of fuel.
10. Broken nose of Sphinx statue: The nose of the “Sphinx” statue which is present near the pyramids of Giza, was broken by a religious teacher of Islam, namely, “Saim Aal Dahri” in the year 1378 A.D., according to one report.
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