Jun 12, 2007 01:53
About 200 babies are born worldwide every minute.
Your statistical chance of being murdered in the USA is 1 : 20,000.
About 10% of the workforce in Egypt is under 12 years of age. Although laws protecting children are on the books, they are not well enforced, partly because many poverty-stricken parents feel forced to send their children out to help support the family.
It rains more often in London, England on a Thursday than any other day of the week.
The Japanese cremate 93% of their dead, as compared to Great Britain at 67% and the United States at just over 12%.
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