Country Did You Know - Part 4

  • Did you knowmore than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
  • Did you knowHawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
  • Did you knowthere are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
  • Did you knowthe largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
  • Did you knowIcelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
  • Did you knowthe subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
  • Did you knowthe yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting  in the Philippines
  • Did you knoworienteering originated from Sweden
  • Did you knowNew Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
  • Did you knowthe Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
  • Did you knowpaper money was first used in China
  • Did you knowThe US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
  • Did you knowamericans spend $10 million a day on potato chips