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With as many as 40 floods per year between March and September, Venice is slowly sinking at an estimated rate of 2.5 inches every 10 ten years.

Venice, a city of beauty and charm, was built as a collection of 118 separate islands, relying entirely on a canal system of about 150 canals, mostly very narrow, crossed by some 400 bridges.

A severe flood in December 2008 brought renewed attention to Venice's vulnerable state and imminent fate as an underwater city.

Source; http://www.factmonster.com/world/travel/top-vanishing-destinations.html 

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Did you know: World Stats

There are 196 countries in the world today.

Or well... depends...

Unless you don't count Taiwan…

Taiwan is not considered an official country by many, which would bring the count down to 195 countries. Although Taiwan operates as an independent country, many countries (including the U.S.) do not officially recognize it as one. 

A total of 192 countries are UN members.

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Did you know: World Stats

1.7 billion people lack access to clean water.

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Did you know: World Stats

Malnutrition is the key factor contributing to more than one-third of all global child deaths resulting in 2.6 million deaths per year.

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China, predictably enough, produces the most tea – 1,166,000 tonnes – but also drinks the most, at 828,000 tonnes.

The United Kingdom comes a disappointing sixth with 131,000 tonnes consumed a year.

(And there I was thinking UK was the true tea-drinkers corner of the world.)

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Did you know: Beer

Venezuelans are the beeriest nation on Earth, consuming an impressive 83 litres (146 pints) of beer per head annually!

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Did you know: World Stats

The United Arab Emirates tops the charts for mobile phone ownership – a whopping 176.5 phones for every 100 citizens. 

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Did you know: World Stats

Qatar has the highest ratio of men to women, an astonishing 307 men per 100 women.

Latvia has the lowest, with 90 men per 100 women. 

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Did you know: World Stats

The United States uses the most energy, 2,321 million barrels of oil equivalent.

China is second with 1,879 million.

The United Kingdom is 10th with 231 million. 

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Did you know: Keyboard

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

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True or false? - Celebs

The rumour that Marilyn had a 6th toe on one of her feet roamed for years, saying she was born with 6 toes on one foot, which got surgically removed before her Hollywood life started to bloom. However this is false. It was a rumour created by one of her photographers to promote his own written book about her life.

Marilyn Monroe did not ever in her lifetime have 6 toes on either foot. She was born June 1, 1926 a healthy baby with ten fingers and ten toes. She died August 5, 1962 with these same 10 fingers and 10 toes.

Source: http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmtoes.asp

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Did you know: Sayings

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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Did you know: Movies

The two highest-grossing films have both been directed and written by James Cameron.

This being Avatar(2009) and Titanic(1997)

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Did you know: Dreams

People who became blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People who are born blind do not see any images, they have dreams equally vivid involving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion.

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Best-selling games

If you think your Cod, Halo or GTA is the top sold game ever? Think again, and read on.

The top 4 list of the best selling video games worldwide. (Does not include combined sales of cross-platform games such as Madden NFL. )

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow (Game Boy – 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan, 9.85 million in US)

Nintendogs (DS – 18.67 million)

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES – 18 million)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 – 17.5 million, may include PC and Xbox versions) 

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Did you know: Xbox

“The Xbox was originally named DirectXbox, as it was initially designed to show how Microsoft’s Direct X graphics technology could benefit the console market.”

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