13 Amazing Google Facts

1. Google receives daily search requests from all over the world, including Antarctica. 2. Google’s Home Page Has 63 Validation Errors.  3. The Google search engine receives about a billion search requests per day. 4. The infamous “I’m feeling lucky” button is nearly never used. However,in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Googleexperience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button. 5. Due to the sparseness...

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Facebook facts

¤ 1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook.¤ In 20 minutes 2,716,000 photos are uploaded.¤ In 20 minutes 10.2 million comments are posted.¤ In 20 minutes 1.972 million friend requests are accepted.¤ In 20 minutes 1,851,000 status updates are entered.¤ 48% of 18 to 34 year olds check Facebook right when they wake up.¤ People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.¤ People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as...

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10 World’s Greenest Countries

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a method of measuring the performance of national governments related to environmental policies. Yale University and Columbia University release the EPI every year during the World Economic Forum, ranking 163 countries according to 25 indicators. The final mark shows how close the country is to accomplish the environmental goals . Here are the top ten green countries on...

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10 Places That Could Disappear Due To Global Warming

We just do not do enough to protect our planet. The temperatures are rising, the sea levels rise as well, and now there are many places that could simply disappear. The list is very long, we choose just ten of them for this list. 1 Maldives These famous paradise-looking tropical islands are well known for its white-sand beaches and they have always been one of tourists’ favorite sites. Unfortunately, the Global...

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7 Truly Weird Animal Species

1 The Yeti Crab The only recently discovered Yeti Crab, long, furry appendages sticking from it that look for all the world  like a sea sloth of some variety, was found during a deep-sea diving expedition in 2006, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean floor, so completely unknown to biologists that a complete new taxonomic family group had to be named to include it. Yeti Crabs are blind and white, their fur supporting colonies of bacteria ,...

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5 really long living creatures compared to human beings

1 The The Antarctic sponge The absolute granddaddy of all long lived creatures on earth are the Antarctic sponges.  Just because the environment in which they exist is so cold and hostile, these remarkable creatures have evolved to grow unbelievably slowly, so much so that scientists firmly believe that at least  one specimen has lived for no less than 1,550 years. Research is jut beginning to reveal that these ancient organisms...

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Ten Terrific Tropical Fruits

1 The Horned Melon Native , in actual fact, to the Kalahari Desert, in Africa, the African Cucumber, known  by some as the  Horned Melon, is a fruit that looks exactly as the name implies that it might .  Grown  around the world in this modern age,  and often seen in New Zealand ,Australia, Chile and California, USA. The attractive, dark  green pulp, when the melon is split open, both smells and tastes,...

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Top 10 Mysterious Ghost Ships of the Maritime World

1 The Flying Dutchman In maritime folklore, this ghost ship has left the maximum impact like no other by inspiring numerous paintings, films, books, opera, etc. Van der Decken, the captain, on its way towards East Indies, with sheer determination tried to steer his ship through the adverse weather condition of the Cape of Good Hope but failed miserably even after vowing to drift until the doomsday. Legend says that since then they have been...

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