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La Niña and El Niño: How They Shape Our Planet's Climate

December 13, 2024

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10 Cool and Interesting Facts About Cryptocurrency

December 12, 2024

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10 Interesting Facts you should know about the World

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Ukraine

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Tunisia

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about The Netherlands

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Sweden

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Scotland

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Saudi Arabia

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Portugal

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Jamaica

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Israel

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Ireland

August 06, 2017

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Ten fun facts about Procter & Gamble

Fact 1 During the American Civil War, the company had contracts with the Union Army, supplying them with soap and candles. Fact 2 The company is known for its highly selective method of hiring, as less than 1% of the applicants are hired a year. Fact 3 Of the company's eleven directors, five of them are women and have all been on Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women List. Fact 4 In 1955, Procter&Gamble also began selling the first toothpaste to contain fluoride in it. The brand, as we all know and love today, was Crest. Fact 5 Around 1850, the original logo of P&G was a man overlooking 13 stars to represent the 13 colonies, but was ended in 1985 after people argued it was a satanic representation. Fact 6 Although cloth diapers were almost always used, the release of Pampers in 1961 proved to be a revolutionary product for the company. Fact 7 The company's products are available on several continents including manufacturing operations in Europe, South Korea,...

Ten fun facts about Royal Dutch Shell

Fact 1 During World War 1, Shell supplied much of the fuel to the British Expeditionary Force as well as the aviation fuel to the British Army's TNT. Fact 2 Shell was the first company to purchase and use the computer Ferranti Mark 1 around 1952. Fact 3 As of 2013, the company has at least 92,000 employees and has a revenue of $451.235 billon. Fact 4 Although the company merged in 1907 to compete with Standard Oil Company, the slash was removed from Royal Dutch/Shell in 2005, and the name Shell remains today. Fact 5 The first design of the shell in 1901 was a mussel shell, but changed to a scallop shell or 'Pecten Maximus' in 1904. Fact 6 In 2012, Greenpeace activists shut down 53 Shell stations in the United Kingdom to protest their drilling in the Arctic. Fact 7 At least $750 million has been invested in the safety of the company's refineries, plants and distribution facilities, as of 2013. Fact 8 The Shell Company started out as an antique store and an orienta...

10 Interesting Facts you should know about the World

1. France is the most visited country in the world 2. Surprisingly Australia is the most obese country in the world as of 2012 with a 26 percent obesity rate 3. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos 4. Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace 5. Spain is considered the most mountainous country in Europe and has over 8000 km of beaches 6. The United States has no official language 7. One third of all the airports in the world are located in the US 8. Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 10cm per year, 10 x faster than Venice 9. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world not to have any rivers 10. It has been rumored that the Great Wall can be seen from space, but in actual fact it can not

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