Debrain – Amazing facts, random facts, interesting facts

Texas

Texas is the only state in the US that allows its residents to vote from space
In Texas, you can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times
Texas is the only state in the USA to maintain a secession clause in their agreement with the federal government. Texas can declare its independence and become a sovereign nation simply by enacting the provision.
Despite what Texans want to believe, the previous fact is false, since the original treaty negotiations (which would have supported a secession clause) were ditched in favor of a more traditional annexation agreement
Texans still proudly insist their state is the largest in the Union, even when confronted by Alaska’s massive size. They justify their claim using the metric, “useful parts of the place accessible by pickup truck.”
If you crammed the world’s population of 6.8 billion people (2011) into a single city with the density of new York, that city would roughly be the size of the entire state if Texas

Half of the world’s gold is produced in South Africa
South Africa boasts as many (6) Nobel prize winners as Mexico (3), China (1) and India (2) put together
In South Africa, @ is called “aapstert” wich means a “monkey’s tail”
A South African baboon called ‘Jacky’ was promoted to the rank of private during World War I
Afrikaans is the youngest official language in the world
South Africa has the 5th bluest sky in the world (Britain’s National Physical Laboratory)
Bear wrestling is illegal in South Africa
South Africa has two national anthems

In the United States between 1975 – 1995, there were only four states without earthquakes: Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, Winconsin
Alaska is the most earthquake prone zone in the world
Earthquakes also occur on the moon (“moonquakes”)
The world’s deadlist earthquake was in central China in 1556, killing 830,000 people
On the Richter scale, 1.0 is equivalent to a construction site blast while 5.0 is equivalent to the Nagasaki atomic bomb. The Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 stood at 9.3

Australia is a major exporter of camels
Australia has no native monkey. (in the wild)
Australia’s box jellyfish has toxins more potent than the venom in cobras, and is one of the deadliest jellyfish in the world
At an estimated population of 40 million, there are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia.
Australia owns more sea (16 million km2) than it does land area (7.6 million km2)
Australians are the biggest users of fresh water per capita
Australia wastes over 2.6 Billion plastic bottles every year

The Taj Mahal in India is perfectly symetrical, except for one thing. The two tombs inside are not equal in size. This is because the male tomb has to be larger than the female tomb
The minarets ofthe Taj Mahal in India are angled at 88 degrees outwards so that they would not collapse into the structure should an earthquake occur

Even though Tibet is also known as the “Land of Snow”, it only snows once or twice a year
The highest airport in the world is in Tibet
All but one of Tibet’s rivers run from north to south
Did you know that in Tibet there is actually a practice called ‘polyandry’ where many men, usually brothers, marry a single woman? This takes place so that only one set of children will inherit the land. (*snicker* The excuses they come up with)
In Tibet, finding dog shit on your doorstep is a lucky sign. Business will be good that day

The magnetic North Pole shifts by about 7 meters a day
Penguins are not found in the North Pole
You cannot catch a cold at either of the poles as it is too cold for microbes to exist there

If you were at 0° latitude and 0° longtitude, you would be standing in the Atlantic Ocean (thought some of you would like to know this)