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Interesting Facts. Where a fact a day helps you work, rest, and play. Interesting Facts, Interesting Places, Interesting People, Interesting Animals. In other words things that make you go: "Ooh! Now that's interesting."
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Interesting Fact # 1189 - Capitalism
According to a poll by the BBC World Service, only 11 percent of people from 27 countries thought free market capitalism is working well.(In the United States (25 percent) and Pakistan (21 percent) of people agreed that capitalism works well in its c...
Interesting Fact # 1188 - UXB
According to the Spiegel more than 2,000 tons of munitions from the two world wars are recovered in Germany each year. (Barely a week goes by without a city street or motorway being cordoned off or even evacuated in Germany due to a UXB being discove...
Interesting Place # 118 - Brandenburg
The state of Brandenburg surrounding Berlin is one of the most bomb-contaminated regions in Europe.(In Brandenburg alone, an average of 631 tons of old munitions from the two world wars and from Soviet army exercises in East German times are found ev...
Interesting Fact # 1187 - American Kids
According to marketing firm Western International Media, only 31 percent of American parents ignore pleas from their children to buy them what they (think they) want.(Nagging falls into two categories: persistent nagging - the fall-on-the-floor kind,...
Interesting Fact # 1186 - Stress
According to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, bad managers are the biggest cause of stress at work.(This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has a bad manager, the stress of not punching their lights out is very high. Wha...
Interesting Fact # 1185 - Train Travel
The UK just got its first £1000 rail fare – for a return journey between Newquay to Kyle of Lochalsh. (In fact the UK has the most expensive fares in Europe. According to the Liberal party, a £10 fare in the UK will take rail travellers 26 miles...

