People share their birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. See more

The US has nearly four times the gun homicide rate of Switzerland, which is second in line when it comes to homicides by firearm per 1 million people. See more

200 million people in China live on less than $1 a day. See more

The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people! See more

A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. See more

Left handed people live slightly shorter lives than right handed people. See more

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people,50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people. See more

Americans ate eight million more orders of french fries and almost six million more hamburgers this year compared to last. See more

55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. See more

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. See more

Over 2500 left handed people are killed each year, because they used products made for right handed people. See more

Yemen, a quasi-failed state torn by civil war, had 54.8 guns per 100 people in 2007. See more

Estimated in 2007, the number of civilian-owned firearms in the US was 88.8 guns per 100 people. See more

Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people. See more

Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops. See more

There are 100 million internet users in China. Some of the sites they can't access are BBC news, Amnesty International and Dalailama.com. See more