FACT FACT FACT (PART 2) !!!

# TEA WAS NOT POPULAR IN ENGLAND UNTIL THE 17TH CENTURY.
THAT'S WHEN CHARLES II AND HIS WIFE GOT HOOKED. THEY POPULARIZED THE DRINK
AND IMPORTED ABOUT 11 MILLION TONS OF IT IN 1785.


# IN 1633, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FORCED GALILEO TO  ADMIT THAT THE EARTH DOES NOT MOVE AROUND THE SUN.LEGEND HAS IT THAT AFTER HE OFFICIALLY RENOUNCED HIS THEORY,HE TURNED TO LEAVE AND MUTTERED, "STILL,IT MOVES".

# THE OCEANS PROVIDE 99 % OF EARTH'S LIVING SPACE - THE LARGEST SPACE IN OUR UNIVERSE KNOWN TO BE INHABITED BY LIVING ORGANISMS. MORE THAN 90% OF THIS HABITAT EXISTS IN THE DEEP SEA KNOWN AS THE ABYSS AND LESS THAN 10% OF THIS LIVING SPACE HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY HUMANS.

# IN THE LATE 1950S,BY THE WAY OF SOMETHING LABELLED PROJECT A119, THE UNITED STATES DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR MISSILE AT THE MOON. WHY ? EVIDENTLY, THEY FELT IT WOULD GIVE THEM A LEG UP IN THE SPACE RACE. FORTUNATELY,THE PLAN WAS NEVER EXECUTED.