- 99% of the Afghan population are Muslims. Only one Jewish man lives in Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan has over 90,000 police. However, many are corrupt.
Nearly 20% of them test positive to illegal drugs and they often demand
bribes from people and businesses.
- The two most commonly spoken languages in Afghanistan are Persian (also called Dari) and Pashto.
- Very few people in Afghanistan (around 1.5% of the population) have internet access.
- There are many natural resources in Afghanistan that are yet to be
mined. These include gold, silver, copper, zinc, iron ore, emeralds,
uranium, salt, sulfur and coal. The US Pentagon believes that these
minerals could be worth as much as US$1 trillion.
- Afghan rugs are very popular around the world.
- Afghanistan is known for growing some of the best melons, grapes, apricots, pomegranates, dried fruit and nuts in the world.
- Due to non-stop wars in the country for about 30 years, there are over 1 million handicapped or disabled people in the country.
- Like Americans, Afghans drive on the right hand side of the road.
- Afghanistan has very hot summers and very cold winters.
NASA's
$2.5 billion Curiosity Mars rover has landed, and is beaming photos of
the Red Planet back to Earth. Here are five surprising tidbits about the
car-sized space robot.
Late last night, NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover
successfully landed on Mars.
And if all goes right, the historic mission could provide us with
evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. Unfortunately, for
those of us without much patience, such revelations could take as much
as two years before they are uncovered by the extraterrestrial robot. So
to satisfy your Curiosity curiosity, here are five surprising facts
about the Mars-going rover.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/curiosity-mars-rover-5-surprising-facts/#ixzz2CNvElJFW
NASA's
$2.5 billion Curiosity Mars rover has landed, and is beaming photos of
the Red Planet back to Earth. Here are five surprising tidbits about the
car-sized space robot.
Late last night, NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover
successfully landed on Mars.
And if all goes right, the historic mission could provide us with
evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. Unfortunately, for
those of us without much patience, such revelations could take as much
as two years before they are uncovered by the extraterrestrial robot. So
to satisfy your Curiosity curiosity, here are five surprising facts
about the Mars-going rover.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/curiosity-mars-rover-5-surprising-facts/#ixzz2CNvElJFW
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