The Dhaka Times Desk We are familiar with many types of surprises. Seven wonders of man-made, seven natural wonders are known all over the world. But beyond that, have you heard of informational wonders? Yes you are right today we are going to hear about some selected amazing facts.
A website presents some amazing facts with real, logical questions. From there, seven surprising facts were selected based on readers' votes. BusinessInsider has a report on this.
1. We all know that Bangladesh is a smaller country than Russia in terms of size. While the area of Bangladesh is 1,47,570 square kilometers, the area of Russia is 115 times more than that of Bangladesh. But the surprising fact is that Bangladesh is much bigger than Russia in terms of population. Population of Bangladesh is 156.6 million and population of Russia is 143.5 million.
2. In 1958, a US training aircraft collided with another US training aircraft B-47. At this time, an airplane pilot dropped a hydrogen bomb on the coast of Georgia thinking it might explode. That bomb is still not found.
3. Cleopatra may have been empress of Egypt but she didn't live as long as Pizza Hut. If you compare Pizza Hut and Cleopatra side by side, Pizza Hut is more powerful than Cleopatra. Because in 58 countries of the world Pizza Hut's sole rule. And Cleopatra was the empress of three countries. Cleopatra lived for only 39 years while Pizza Hut is still around the world at the age of 56.
4. Both Finland and North Korea are neighbors of Russia. But Finland is a European country and North Korea is an Asian country. And the distance between these two countries is several thousand kilometers.
5. The American Marlin-Bayer Drug Company first marketed heroin in 1890 as a cough medicine. Within a short time it was recognized by doctors as a good medicine. But shortly after World War I, its use as a narcotic increased, and in 1924 it was delisted worldwide. Since 1930 it has been listed as a banned drug worldwide.
6. Alaska is the easternmost, westernmost, and northernmost state of the United States. Russia sold Alaska to the United States after World War I.
7. A banyan tree in a park in the Indian state of Haryana is larger than the average size of a Walmart Supershop. Banyan Tree has an area of 1,56,000 square feet and Walmart Supershop has an area of 1,05,000 square feet.
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