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US defence expenditure 2008: $643.9 billion
Increase from 2007: 2.84%
Cost of eliminating starvation and malnutrition globally: $19 billion
Cost of providing education for every child on earth: $12 billion
Cost of providing access to water and sanitation: $15 billion
Cost of reversing the spread of AIDS and Malaria: $23 billion
Amount Americans spend a year on cosmetics: $8 billion
Amount spent on pet food in Europe and the United States: $17 billion
Amount the world spends on Narcotic drugs: $400 billion
Taiwan’s military spending in 2005: $7.574 (18th of 170)
Biggest importer of US arms from 1981 to 1985: Iraq
Iraq imports of US arms from 1981 to 1985: $23.9 billion
The total household waste generated in Taiwan in 1999: 8.88 million tons
Average daily waste produced per person: 1.082 kg
The total household waste generated in Dubai in 2007: 14 million tons
Top ranking countries for the amount waste generated per person per year (2000):
#1 United States: 760 kgs
#2 Australia: 690 kgs
#3 Denmark: 660 kgs
#4 Switzerland: 650 kgs
#5 Canada: 640 kgs per
The number of males for each female in Taiwan aged 15-64: 1.03
The number of males for each female in Dubai: 2.8
The number of people who recently started a relationship when an Italian team of scientists tested for levels of a protein called nerve growth factor (NGF): 58
Symptoms of NGF: sweaty palms and butterflies in the stomach - commonly associated with romantic love
Of the 39 people who were still in the same relationship after a year, their levels of NGF: normal
Percentage of people who say they want to be rid of their current partner: 8
Percentage of Australian married men who have sex at least twice a week: 43
Percentage of Australian single men who have sex at least twice a week: 26
Percentage of people who claim to be satisfied with their sex life: 49
Average number of times French people have sex every year: 130 (the most in Europe)
USA White Wife-Asian Husband: 174,000
Asian Wife Asian Husband: 2,493,000
Since 1962, six actors have portrayed James Bond in "official" films
BASE stands for: Building, Antenna, Span, Earth
Fine for BASE jumping in a national park in the United States: up to $2,000
The current BASE number: above 1,000,
The number of people who have died while BASE jumping: 120.
The highest BASE jump off Pakistan's Trango Towers in 1992: 19,000 feet (5791m)
Feet higher than most skydiving planes go: about 4,000 feet (1219m).
The lowest feasible jump: around 250 feet (72m)
Jumps completed during KL Tower International BASE Jump Merdeka Circuit 2007: 2780
Jump that killed the “father” of BASE jumping Carl Boenish in 1984: Troll Wall, Norway
Year that BASE jumping from Troll Wall was made illegal: 1986
Number of hotels in Dubai: 302
Number of hotel rooms in Dubai: 30,648
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