Odds worldwide that a person has a third nipple somewhere on their body: 1 in 18
At the end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865, as many as 2,500 former Confederate (southern states/pro-slavery) soldiers and families moved to Mexico - most returned within a year, and of these most settled in Texas - of those that did not leave voluntarily, most were driven out by 1897 - of the handful of families that did stay, most were completely assimilated within about three generations
Other former Confederates moved to Brazil with most historians believing as many as 25,000 soldiers and families deciding to relocate to the country where they were known as Confederados - assimilation was very fast for these settlers and within three generations nearly none of the younger spoke English (only Portuguese), and nearly none of the older spoke of the war, the Confederacy, or America
Inventor of the pet-flap door: Sir Isaac Newton, physicist
A domesticated cat can run at a top speed of 30 MPH (Miles Per Hour) - the fastest human in the world right now, Usain Bolt, can run at a top speed of 27 MPH in the 100-meter run
Births today: Approximately 180,000
Deaths today: Approximately 75,000
Population Density (2009)
Bicycles produced this year: About 222,689,320
Internet users worldwide: Over 1.6 billion
New book titles published worldwide this year: 931,522
Cellular phones sold worldwide today: 1.8 million
Number of obese people in the world: 340,393,442
Number of overweight people in the world: 1,538,938,390
People who will die of hunger today: 12,000 (Nearly half will be children)
Days left until the world runs out of oil supply (assuming current consumption rates): 15,340 (About 42 years)
Population in the world is currently growing at a rate of around 1.15 % per year - Annual growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at 2% and above
The Ancient Babylonians were the first to brew beer - punishment for brewing a bad batch was to be drown in it
Vikings believed that a giant goat with udders that streamed an endless supply of beer was waiting for them in Valhalla (Viking word for heaven)
The annual growth rate is currently declining and is projected to continue to decline in the coming years, but the pace of the future change is uncertain - Currently, it is estimated that it will become less than 1% by 2020 and less than 0.5% by 2050.
| Year | Population |
| 1 | 200 million |
| 1000 | 275 million |
| 1500 | 450 million |
| 1650 | 500 million |
| 1750 | 700 million |
| 1804 | 1 billion |
| 1850 | 1.2 billion |
| 1900 | 1.6 billion |
| 1927 | 2 billion |
| 1950 | 2.55 billion |
| 1955 | 2.8 billion |
| 1960 | 3 billion |
| 1965 | 3.3 billion |
| 1970 | 3.7 billion |
| 1975 | 4 billion |
| 1980 | 4.5 billion |
| 1985 | 4.85 billion |
| 1990 | 5.3 billion |
| 1995 | 5.7 billion |
| 1999 | 6 billion |
| 2000 | 6.1 billion |
| 2005 | 6.45 billion |
| 2006 | 6.5 billion |
| 2010 | 6.8 billion |
| 2020 | 7.6 billion |
| 2030 | 8.2 billion |
| 2040 | 8.8 billion |
| 2050 | 9.2 billion |
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?
It was written during the 1970s that 75% of the people who had ever been born were alive at that moment. This was grossly false.
Assuming that we start counting from about 50,000 B.C., the time when modern Homo sapiens appeared on the earth (and not from 700,000 B.C. when the ancestors of Homo sapiens appeared, or several million years ago when hominids were present), taking into account that all population data are a rough estimate, and assuming a constant growth rate applied to each period up to modern times, it has been estimated that a total of approximately 106 billion people have been born since the dawn of the human race, making the population currently alive roughly 6% of all people who have ever lived on planet Earth.
The "triple-X" Symbol means:
XXX - the number 30 in Roman numerals
XXX - plus-sized clothing (generally 3 times larger than large size)
XXX - especially explicit material, such as pornography
XXX - a "turkey" - the North American slang term for three consecutive strikes in the game of bowling
XXX - generic name for homemade whiskey or "moonshine"
XXX - short for Triple X Syndrome, characterized by the presence of an extra X chromosome in human females
XXX - used to signify the official flag of Amsterdam
XXX - "kisses" on a letter or in an email
