amazing facts you probably didnt know

The population of Ireland is still 2 million less than it was before the potato famine, 160 years ago.

The last president that wasnt a Republican or Democrat was Millard Fillmore in 1853

You have 0.5% chance of being related to Genghis Khan.

The USA is an older country than Germany.

Napoleon was not unusually short. The French inch was longer than the British inch, so while he was thought to be 52 by most of the world, in reality he was closer to 57, an average height for a Frenchman.

If you keep going North, you will eventually go South. If you keep going East, you will never go West.

Vending machines kill 4 times as many people as sharks.

There is a garbage swirl in the ocean the size of Texas.

Black HP printer ink costs roughly 1,400 times as much as crude oil, gallon for gallon.

George Washington spent about 7% of his annual salary on booze.