Amazing Facts of World & Earth Page 3

•	The deepest hole ever made by humans is in Kola Peninsula in Russia, was completed in 1989, creating a hole 12,262 meters (7.6 miles) deep.
•	Total fertility rate of the world is 2.59 children born/woman.
•	An African woman's lifetime risk of dying from pregnancy related causes is one in 16, in Asia, its one in 65. In Europe, its one in 1,400.
•	There are roughly 4,000 known minerals, although only about 200 are of major importance.
•	About 400 billion gallons water is used worldwide each day.
•	Aluminum cans take 500 years to break down.
•	Total fertility rate of the world is 2.59 children born/woman. Niger is 7.46 (highest), India is 2.73, US is 2.09 & Hong Kong is 0.95 only (Lowest).
•	Northern Mariana Islands is only the country where death rate (2.29/1000) is lowest in the world.
•	Earth's oceans are an average of 2 Miles deep
•	Shanghai, China is the largest city by population (13.3 million) in the world.
•	English is the second most spoken language (Native speakers 512 million) & the first is Chinese Mandarin (more then 1 billion speakers).
•	The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds.
•	At least 1,000 million grams, or roughly 1,000 tons of material (dust) enters the atmosphere every year and makes its way to Earths surface.
•	The gravity on Mars is 38% of that found on Earth. So a 100 pounds person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
•	The world’s population has been increased 3.1 billion in last 40 years.
•	Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only system today that can show your exact position on the Earth anytime, in any weather, no matter where you are!
•	The water that falls on a single acre of land during one inch of rainfall, it would weigh 113 tons that is 226,000 pounds.
•	180 million nos. of Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion.
•	Plastics take 500 years to break down.
•	Each year, more than 500,000 women (approximate 1 every minute) die from pregnancy related causes. The vast majority of these deaths occur in developing countries.