Amazing facts

FACTS

1. In 1948, before Pakistan had the facilities, The Reserve Bank of India issued provisional notes for the Pakistani Rupee.

It put the stamp of Government of Pakistan. They started printing it later in 1948

2.  2011, a woman named Aimee Davison purchased a ‘non visible’ piece of art for $10,000.

She was promised an entire wing of the museum named in her honour & a title card with a description of the piece. The artwork in question was “Fresh Air”.

3.  Prince Charles & Prince William always travel in separate planes in case there is a crash, one needs to survive.

4.  Cockroaches were there 120 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth.

5.  Everyday, 20 banks are robbed. The average amount stolen is ₹1,72,100.

6.  Global Warming helped settle a land dispute between India and Bangladesh. The area in question was New Moore, or South Talpatti. But the island drowned because of global warming in 2010.

7.  Once, carrots were purple.

Until late in the 16th century Dutch growers took mutant strains of the purple carrot and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.

8.  Millions of crabs migrate on the Christmas Islands towards the shore to mate and populate.

There are around 43.2 million crabs on the island in the Indian Ocean.

9.  Two actors have died while playing Judas in live Biblical plays by accidentally hanging themselves for real during the death scene.

10.  Humans are only hominids left on the earth. The rest have died out or become extint.

11.  About 900 earthquake occur every hour.  Most of these are very minor and probably can’t be felt by humans.

12.  Three quarters of the world,s active volcano are in the ring of fire.