The shortest war on record took place in 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after 38 minutes.

In 1997, the US maintained 13,750 nuclear warheads, 5,546 of them on ballistic missiles.

The NATO attack on Serbia in 1999 during the Kosovo war killed more animals than people.

Since 1495, no 25-year period has been without war.

When killed in battle, Japanese officers were promoted to the next highest rank.

Approximately 44 million tons of bananas are produced annually, compared to more than 60 million tomatoes. Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons), then oranges (34 million tons) and watermelons (22 million tons).

The term “soda water” was coined in 1798.

China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make’em sticks.

The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means “wolf peach.”

The first ice-cream soda was sold in 1874 in the US.

Daryl Hannah is co creator of the board game Liebrary

A childhood virus left Rob Lowe completely deaf in his right ear. “No stereo for me” he says “It’s a mono world”.

George Clooney sometimes sleeps in the walk-in closet of his LA mansion because, he says, “all the bedrooms are too light”.

Julia Roberts’ left eye tears up when she gets nervous.

In 1993, Jessica Simpson tried out for the Mickey Mouse Club but panicked after watching Christina Aguilera audition. “I froze and forgot everything” she says. She lost out to both Christina and Britney Spears.

The world’s largest disco was held at the Buffalo Convention Centre, New York, 1979. 13,000 danced a place into the Guinness Book of World Records.

The term “disc jockey” was first used in 1937.

The top selling singles of all time are Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind ‘97″, at 33 million, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”, 30 million, and Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock”, 25 million.

Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876, the year the phone was invented.

Kenneth Edmonds was nicknamed Babyface by funk guitarist Bootsy Collins.

Christianity is the world’s most widespread religion (1,7 billion Christians).

There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.

The word “Lord” appears 1855 times in the Bible.

The 10 plagues of Egypt:
1. Water turns to blood
2. Frogs
3. Lice and fleas
4. Flies
5. Cattle die of diseases
6. Boils and sores
7. Hail
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
10. Death of first-born

The 7 last plagues (Revelation 16):
1. Sores
2. Sea turns to blood
3. Rivers turn to blood
4. People schorched by heat of the sun
5. Darkness
6. River Euphrates dries up
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