AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING XXXVII
1. The national animal of Canada is the beaver.
2. There are an estimated 10 to the 82nd power atoms in the universe. That's 1 followed by 82 zeroes.
3. According to the U.N. World Tourism Travel Organization, France gets more visitors than any other country in the world.
4. "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees has the perfect beat for doing CPR. With its apt name, it tops the playlist developed by NY-Presbyterian Hospital of songs that have a tempo between 100 -120 beats per minute - the perfect pace for life-saving chest compressions.
5. Emily Dickinson wrote more than 1,700 poems, of which only 10 were published in her lifetime.
6. Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69% of the world's fresh water.
7. Oceans hold 96% of the total amount of the world's water.
8. Archaeological evidence suggests that dentistry is the world's oldest profession.
9. Due to long-term U.S.trade emargoes, you can't (legally) buy Coca-Cola in Cuba or China.
10. According to National Geographic, the current population of the world is about 7.5 billion. That huge number is more manageable if you consider that all of us, standing shoulder to shoulder, could fit into the 500 square miles of the city of Los Angeles.
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