Strange but T.R.U.E !!!!!!!!

These are things to know (read: missing things in life), i mean, remarkable information in whichever age we are. Check 'em out !!!!!!

* Bamboo can grow one meter in 24 hours.
* Napoleon was afraid of cats.... LOL ^^
* There were elephants, lions, and camels in Alaska 12,000 years ago.
* In the winters, of 1420 and 1438, wolves were found in the streets of Paris.
*If ice in the world melted, the sea would rise over 50 metrers.
* 85% of all the world's plants grow in the sea.
* Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is heated by underground hot springs.
* Nearly 25% of the surface of Los Angeles is occupied by cars.
* 99% of all forms of life that have ever existed on the earth are now extinct.
* All US presidents have worn glasses.
* 35% of all Americans are overweight.
* Your skin weighs nearly three kilograms.
* The first parachute jump was made by a dog in a basket (belonging to the French Balloonist Blanchard) in 1785.
* Betsy, a chimpanzee at the Baltimore zoo, paints pictures, and has had 65 of them sold.
* The most common name in the world is Muhammad..... (((((Alhamdulillah))))))))


(((Taken from The Book of Facts by Issac Asimov)))