FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS ABOUT INDIA
4 major religions has India as birthplace Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism
About 50% of the residents in India are under 25 years old
Algebra, Calculus, and Trigonometry comes from India
Before 1896 India was the only diamonds producing country in the world
Calcutta is the only place in the world where you still can travel by riksha pulled by humans
Curry powder gets its yellow color from a spice, turmeric
Films made in Bollywood are often seen by people in South Africa
Hockey is the National Game of India
In India nearly 1200 species of birds can be found
In India, Dutta Samant led a year-long strike in 1982 involved about 200000 workers
In Takshashila, 700BC, the first university was established
India buys more gold than any other country
India has about 800 dialects and 15 major Languages
India has health laughing clubs where people get together and laugh
India has more post offices than any other country
India is also known as Hindustan or Bharat by natives
India is home to about 1200 species of birds
India is home to about 200 million cows
India is said to be the largest democracy in the world
India is the largest tea producer in the world
India is the second most populated country in the world
India is the world’s number one producer of vegetarian cheese
India is the world's largest mango producer
India is the world's number one producer of vegetarian cheese
India produces more movies than any other country in the world and Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world
India used sugar before any other country
Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, about 1.6 million people
Indian Railways transport about five billion passengers annually
Indians go out to the cinema about 3 billion times a year
Over 1000 elephants were used during the construction of the Taj Mahal
Rusi Surti is the only Indian test cricketer to played Sheffield Shield cricket in Australia
Shampoo is derived word from Hindi
Taj Mahal in India is a gift of love
Taj Mahal is made entirely out of marble
The airline company Air Deccan was the first low-cost flight company in India
The biggest ant in India is about an inch
The distance learning University IGNOU in India is short for Indira Gandhi National Open University
The first bathrooms is said to have been built in India about 4500 years ago
The first reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra India
The highest cricket ground in the world is Chail in Himachal Pradesh, India
The longest station name on the Indian Railways is Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta
The mobile users of India grow every month with about 2.5 million people
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia
The number system and decimal system was invented in India
The only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India
The Taj Mahal was in the 1830's scheduled to be torn down
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in 800 BC, India
The word mongoose comes from India
The world's first known University was established in Takshashila, India in 700BC
There are over 1500 software companies in Bangalore India
There where no plastic bags in India before 1985
The Indian film industry makes more films each year than the United States, France, Italy, and the People’s Republic of China.
The Parcheesi is the national game of India. It is a board game. Since 1990, Parcheesi is very popular in Europe and the United States…

India has won five Miss World titles and two Miss Universe titles. Since 1990, Miss Venezuela and Miss India are rivals in the beauty world.
1966: London, England. Miss India, Rita Faria, was elected Miss World.
1994: Manila (Philippines).Miss India, Shusmita Sen, was crowned Miss Universe.
1994: Sun City (South Africa).Miss India, Aishwarya Rai, won the Miss World pageant.
1997: Mahe, Seychelles. Miss India, Diana Hayden, was elected Miss Asia and Miss World.
1999: London, England. India’s Yukta Mookhey won the Miss World title.
2000: Nicosia, Cyprus. Miss India, Lara Dutta, was crowned Miss Universe.
2000: London, England. India’s Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss Asia and Miss World.

GLOBAL FUN FACTS
The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English.....
It is really bad to a smoke cigarette...
The Taj Mahal is one of the wonders of the world.
Chocolate kills dogs! A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).
Socrates became famous for asking questions about almost everything!!
The mother of all European languages is Sanskrit, which is considered the most suitable language for computer software - Amazing India facts
The earliest maps were made by the Babylonians about 2300 B.C.
Cell Phone Etiquette - It is considered rude to talk aloud while on the cell-phone
The greenhouse effect causes trouble by raising the temperature of the planet.
A zebra is white with black stripes.
All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.
The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.
The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias!
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start
In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil).
55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn.