Just facts...

• All the planets in the solar system rotate anti-clockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
• It is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 metres because of the earth's gravity.
• The NASDAQ stock exchange was totally disbaled for a day in December 1987 when a squirrel burrowed through a telephone line.
• In 1750 there were about 800 million people in the world . In 1850, there were a billion more and by 1950, another billion. Then it took just 50 years to double to six million.