Wow Facts

  • There are six million parts in Boeing 747-400.
  • In Johannesburg, on an average every car meets with an accident once every four years.
  • The first telephone directory was published in New haven, Connecticut in 1878, with just 50 names in one page.
  • Australia has had stamps that actually looked like gems. In 1995 and 1996, they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamond and ruby.
  • In USA, the most frequesnt month for a tornado to occur is during May.
  • At lift-off, US space shuttle weighs about 4.5 million pounds.
  • African baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 120 people would be able to fit inside it.
  • Contruction workers' hard hats were first designed and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.