Few More Interesting Facts

1) The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.

2) Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.

3) For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006)

4) Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based.

5) In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.

6) Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.

7) Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

8) The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.

9) The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer.

10) The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.