Random Fact - 7.22.11

Lets talk about Twitter!


There are 200 million Twitter accounts


The famous Twitter hashtag was invented in August of 2007 by Chris Messina


Twitter makes about $200 million from advertising


The most followed celebrities as of today are: 

Lady Gaga - 11,819,642
Justin Bieber - 11,198,969
Britney Spears - 8,598,301
Kim Kardashian - 8,416,135
Ashton Kutcher - 7,214,039


Get to Tweeting!!!!

Gas Prices around the World: How much does gas cost in other countries?

Here's some GAS prices around the WORLD:
The price of regular gallon of gas in:

• Venezuela is  $0.12 
• Nigeria is  $0.38
• Puerto Rico is $1.74
• South Africa is $2.62
• Cuba is $3.03
• Ireland is $4.78
• Netherlands is $6.48

Go to CNN/Money for more gas prices!

How much does the government spend each day?

Random Fact of the Day

The estimate for the cost of national public services for 2011, is 3.7 trillion dollars! That equals 10.2 billion dollars a day, 425 million dollars an hour and 7 million dollars per minute.

What are the world's BIGGEST BOX OFFICE successes?

The world's highest grossing films are (as of June 2011):

1. Avatar $2,782,275,172
2. Titanic $1,843,201,268   
3. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King $1,119,110,941
4. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725
5. Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911

And the grand total of the world's top 5 grossing films is

 $ 7,873,939,017

Healthcare in America

Did you Know That?

• 35 million people in the U.S enter the hospital and stay for about 5 days.
• The average cost of the stay is around $8000!
• 199 million people are covered by private health insurance.
• 47 million people have no health insurance.
• Health care spending in U.S was over 1.9 trillion in 2004!
• Finally, women outlive men by about 6 years.