Sunday, August 27, 2017

Surprising Facts


- George Orwell was a rabid Socialist

- Well over 30 million Facebook accounts are for people who have died

- Mount Everest is not the highest mountain on Earth (Mauna Kea is)

- Donald Trump gets his haircuts from his wife, Melania

- Carbon dioxide represents only 40 parts per million (0.004%) of the Earth's atmosphere

- Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) would be considered a racist using today's standards

- Fresh water represents only 3% of the Earth's supply of water

- Hydroelectric power makes up over 98% of Norway's energy usage

- Angela Merkel is terrified of dogs

- A hummingbird weighs less than a penny

- Emmanuel Macron is married to a woman 25 years his senior

- Solar power produces less than 1% of total U.S. energy usage ... wind power, less than 2%

4 comments:

ChillFin said...

All good! That Facebook stat surprises me although i see no reason why i could not create a page for, say, Harry Truman and then respond as his avatar.

DEN said...

I read that everyone who is on Facebook will eventually die.

George W. Potts said...

All except Zuckerberg ...

George W. Potts said...

Jim Kramer was recently asked how many employees Facebook has? His answer: 2 billion ...