DID YOU KNOW
DID YOU KNOW / SABIA USTED
IN THIS SECTION I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, WELL,
THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
OR MAYBE YOU DO
WORLD POPULATION
ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
AS OF JULY 11, 2011
WORLD POPULATION - 6,983,020,877
UNITED STATES - 312,822,540
SOME LATIN AMERICA COUNTRIES AS OF JAN 2011
1 Brazil 190,732,694
2 Mexico 112,322,757
3 Colombia 45,787,000
4 Argentina 40,091,359
5 Peru 29,461,933
6 Venezuela 29,059,000
7 Chile 17,173,600
8 Guatemala 14,361,666
9 Ecuador 14,307,000
10 Cuba 11,239,245
11 Bolivia 10,426,154
12 Haiti 10,085,214
13 Dominican Republic 9,884,371
14 Honduras 7,616,000
15 Paraguay 6,460,000
16 El Salvador 6,194,000
17 Nicaragua 5,822,000
18 Costa Rica 4,563,538
19 Puerto Rico 3,725,789 - Has more people than 21 USA states and is only 100 miles by 35 miles
20 Panama 3,405,813
21 Uruguay 3,356,584
22 Guadeloupe 405,500
23 Martinique 397,730
24 French Guiana 217,000
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
AS OF JULY 11, 2011
WORLD POPULATION - 6,983,020,877
UNITED STATES - 312,822,540
SOME LATIN AMERICA COUNTRIES AS OF JAN 2011
1 Brazil 190,732,694
2 Mexico 112,322,757
3 Colombia 45,787,000
4 Argentina 40,091,359
5 Peru 29,461,933
6 Venezuela 29,059,000
7 Chile 17,173,600
8 Guatemala 14,361,666
9 Ecuador 14,307,000
10 Cuba 11,239,245
11 Bolivia 10,426,154
12 Haiti 10,085,214
13 Dominican Republic 9,884,371
14 Honduras 7,616,000
15 Paraguay 6,460,000
16 El Salvador 6,194,000
17 Nicaragua 5,822,000
18 Costa Rica 4,563,538
19 Puerto Rico 3,725,789 - Has more people than 21 USA states and is only 100 miles by 35 miles
20 Panama 3,405,813
21 Uruguay 3,356,584
22 Guadeloupe 405,500
23 Martinique 397,730
24 French Guiana 217,000
$10 BILL
ALEXANDER HAMILTON IS THE FACE ON THE $10 DOLLAR BILL.
AS WASHINGTON’S RIGHT-HAND MAN AND THE FIRST US SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, HE FORMULATED AN ECONOMIC POLICY THAT PUT THE THEN-NEW NATION ON ITS FEET. HE WAS KILLED BY VICE PRESIDENT AARON BURR IN A DUEL ON JULY 11, 1804.
FOOD FOR THOUGHTS
STEPHEN BALDWIN WORKED IN A PIZZA PARLOR
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME DELIVERED PIZZAS
BILL MURRAY WAS A PIZZA MAKER
MADONNA WORKED AT DUNKIN’ DONUTS
JULIA ROBERTS WORKED IN AN ICE CREAM PARLOR
QUEEN LATIFAH WORKED AT BURGER KING
ANDIE MCDOWELL WORKED AT MCDONALDS, AS DID QUINTIN TARENTINO
JENNIFER ANISTON WORKED AS A WAITRESS IN A BURGER CAFE
WHAT ABOUT YOU!!!!!!!!!!
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME DELIVERED PIZZAS
BILL MURRAY WAS A PIZZA MAKER
MADONNA WORKED AT DUNKIN’ DONUTS
JULIA ROBERTS WORKED IN AN ICE CREAM PARLOR
QUEEN LATIFAH WORKED AT BURGER KING
ANDIE MCDOWELL WORKED AT MCDONALDS, AS DID QUINTIN TARENTINO
JENNIFER ANISTON WORKED AS A WAITRESS IN A BURGER CAFE
WHAT ABOUT YOU!!!!!!!!!!
SOME OF THE WORLD TALLEST
Tallest Waterfall
Angel Falls
Venezuela
THE WATER DROPS 3,212 FEET
19 TIMES TALLER THAN NIAGARA FALLS
LOCATED ON MOUNTAIN AUYANTEPUI
Tallest Statue
Spring Temple Buddha
China
STANDS 502 FEET ALONG HIGWAY 311 IN HENAN, CHINA
COMPLETED IN 2002
IS CONSIDERED A CELESTIAL BUDDHA AND REPORTEDLY BUILT IN RESPONSE TO AN ACT OF THE TALIBAN IN 2001
Tallest Building
Burj Khalifa
Dubai
THIS ON IS 2,716.5 feet
IT HAS 58 MORE SOTRIES THAN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (160)
SOME OF THE WORLD SMALLEST
SMALLEST SNAKE
10.1 cm (4-inch) long
LEPTOTYPHLOPS CARLAE
IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST SPECIES OF SNAKE, WITH ADULTS AVERAGING JUST UNDER FOUR INCHES IN LENGTH. FOUND ON THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF BARBADOS, THE SPECIES --WHICH IS AS THIN AS A SPAGHETTI NOODLE AND SMALL ENOUGH TO REST COMFORTABLY ON A U.S. QUARTER.
IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST SPECIES OF SNAKE, WITH ADULTS AVERAGING JUST UNDER FOUR INCHES IN LENGTH. FOUND ON THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF BARBADOS, THE SPECIES --WHICH IS AS THIN AS A SPAGHETTI NOODLE AND SMALL ENOUGH TO REST COMFORTABLY ON A U.S. QUARTER.
SMALLEST FISH
7.9 mm (0.3-inch) long
ON JANUARY 2006, THE WORLD'S SMALLEST FISH WAS DISCOVERED ON THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF SUMATRA: A MEMBER OF THE CARP FAMILY OF FISH, THE PAEDOCYPRIS PROGENETICA. IT IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST VERTEBRATE OR BACKBONED ANIMAL.
SMALLEST HORSE
43.18 cm (17-inch) tall
THE LITTLE HORSE WAS BORN TO PAUL AND KAY GOESSLING, WHO SPECIALIZE IN BREEDING MINIATURE HORSES, BUT EVEN FOR THE BREED THUMBELINA IS PARTICULARLY SMALL:
SHE IS THOUGHT TO BE A DWARF-VERSION OF THE BREED. AT JUST 60 LB AND 17-INCH TALL, THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD
THUMBELINA IS THE WORLD’S SMALLEST HORSE.
SMALLEST CAT
15.5 cm (6.1-inch) high and 49 cm (19.2-inch) long
MEET MR. PEEBLES. HE LIVES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, IS TWO YEARS OLD, WEIGHS ABOUT THREE POUNDS AND IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST CAT! THE CAT'S SMALL STATURE WAS VERIFIED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS ON 2004.
An espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffee
A CUP OF DRIP BREWED COFFEE HAS ABOUT 115 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE, AN ESPRESSO (AND PERCOLATED COFFEE) ABOUT 80MG, WHILE INSTANT COFFEE HAS ABOUT 65MG OF CAFFEINE.
DECAFFEINATED COFFEE IS NOT TOTALLY CAFFEINE FREE, CONTAINING ABOUT 3MG OF CAFFEINE.
DECAFFEINATED COFFEE IS NOT TOTALLY CAFFEINE FREE, CONTAINING ABOUT 3MG OF CAFFEINE.
Top 10 languages spoken in the world
1. Chino Mandarín (885 mill.) / (Mandarin)
2. Español (332 mill.) / (Spanish)
3. Inglés (322 mill.) / (English)
4. Bengalí (189 mill.) / (Bengali)
5. Hindi (182 mill.) / (Hindi)
6. Portugués (170 mill) / (Portuguese)
7. Ruso (170 mill) / (Russian)
8. Japonés (125 mill) / (Japanese)
9. Alemán (98 mill.) / (German)
10. Chino Wu (77 mill.) (Chinese Wu)
2. Español (332 mill.) / (Spanish)
3. Inglés (322 mill.) / (English)
4. Bengalí (189 mill.) / (Bengali)
5. Hindi (182 mill.) / (Hindi)
6. Portugués (170 mill) / (Portuguese)
7. Ruso (170 mill) / (Russian)
8. Japonés (125 mill) / (Japanese)
9. Alemán (98 mill.) / (German)
10. Chino Wu (77 mill.) (Chinese Wu)