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UNBELIEVABLE FACTS

1. By the end of the century, the world’s population might be as high as 17 billion or as low as 7 billion, according to the most recent UN estimates.

2. HIV-related deaths are down 35 per cent from 2005 – but edstimates suggest that deaths among adolescents are actually rising
3. If current trends continue, an estimated 15 million girls between ages 15 and 19 will be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) between now and 2030.

4.There are more people migrating than ever before. In 2013, some 232 million people were international migrants, up from 175 million in 2000.
5. More than half of the global population is urban – and history’s largest-ever urbanization wave will continue for many years to come.

6. There are more lifeforms living on your skin than there are people on the planet.
7. Southern sea otters have flaps of skin under their forelegs that act as pockets. When diving, they use these pouches to store rocks and food.
8. In 1386 a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
9. One in every five adults believe that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
10. If you believe that you’re truly one in a million, there are still approximately 7,184 more people out there just like you.

11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
12.. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. (busted?)
13. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
14. Rats and horses can't vomit.
15. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.

16. Tears caused by sadness, happiness and onions look different under the microscope.
17. The expiration date on water bottles is for the bottle, not the water.
18. Bird poop is white because they don’t pee.
19.First law of cartoon physics: gravity doesn’t work until you look down.
20. You are completely blind for hours every day, but Saccadic Masking renders you totally unaware of it.

21. Everyone has a unique tongue print , just like fingerprints.
22. Most Muppets are left-handed. (Because most Muppeteers are right-handed , so they operate the head with their favoured hand.)
23. Female kangaroos have three vaginas .
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24. It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
25. Light doesn’t necessarily travel at the speed of light. The slowest we’ve ever recorded light moving at is 38 mph.