Curious Cat

CURIOUS CAT
1. In 1977, Cairo had 208,000 telephones but no telephone book.
2. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw the other at the same time.
3. The Arthur Ashe Stadium is the largest Tennis Stadium in the World.
4. In the 16th and 17th century Turkey, drinking coffee was a crime punishable by death.
5. Seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop is used in the production of Guinness.
6. Russian Roulette is a dangerous game in which one shoots at one’s own head with a gun containing a bullet in only one of its chambers, without knowing if it will fire or not!
7. There are five trillion trillion atoms in one pound of iron.
8. A flying swan could overtake a cheetah at full pelt.
9. The average bank cashier loses €175 a year.
10. The world’s largest library is the ‘Library of Congress’ in the United States of America, accommodating over 29 million books, 2.7 million audio and video recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps and 57 million manuscripts while adding 7,000 items to its collection!