Other Country's Useless Facts

There are more $100 notes in Russia than in any other country in the world.

Duelling is legal in Paraguay, as long as each fighter is a blood donor.

Balti is the Indian word for bucket.

People in Africa bleed for an average of 23 minutes a day.

There are more English speakers in China than in the USA.

There are 15,000 trees to every one person living in Finland.

Switzerland's first legal brothel opened in Zurich on February 25th 1998.

Young girls in the African Mututsi tribe carry they intended husband around in ruck sacks for several years before marrying them.

If a Greek schoolboy was dissatisfied with the standed of his education he was permitted to give his teacher a beating.

At Columbian cinemas roasted ants are as common a snack as popcorn.

Swedish marathon runner Earnest Fast finished third at the Paris Olmpics in 1900 despite having lost 40 minutes after being sent the wrong way by an official.