Thursday, 19 November 2009

Fact.

1.) The popular video game, Tetris, was first invented by Alexy Pajitnov of Russia as a way to pass time and have fun whilst working at the Russian Academy of Science in 1984.

2.) The first Emoticons or “Smileys” were introduced more than 120 years ago

3.) The world’s most expensive car wash costs in excess of $11,000 u.s.d.

4.) The stone used for the houses of Parliament in London, UK, was taken from a Quarry in the village of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.

5.) The original terminator film was made to a budget of £2,000,000

6.) The first email ever sent said simply…”QWERTYUIOP”

7.) The country with the highest average income is Luxemburg, at £41,000 per year.

8.) The average number of people living in each household (During the 2001 Census) is 2.36 in over 22,539,000 households within the UK.

9.) The number 1 computer problem is that “computer performance has slowed”

10.) If the world is slowing down at a rate of 1 second per day then since 1992 the time it takes to make 1 rotation on it’s axis is 1.6 hours longer every day. However days are still measures in 24 hour periods.

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