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OUR SUN WILL NEVER EXPLODE. It is far too small to generate enough energy to become a supernova (an exploded star.)
OUR SUN WILL NEVER EXPLODE. It is far too small to generate enough energy to become a supernova (an exploded star.)
The US has the most English speakers of any country. A close second? INDIA.
The US has the most English speakers of any country. A close second? INDIA.
There are 251,388,301 English speakers in the United States, and India doesn't lag too far behind with 232,000,000, though the vast majority of those English speakers in India speak it as a second or third language.
That number (232 Million) is nearly 4 times the number of English speakers in the United Kingdom (59.6 Million). The UK is in 4th place for number of English speakers, behind the US, India and Nigeria. The rest of the top 10 in order are:
#5 Phillipines
#6 Germany
#7 CANADA
#8 France
#9 AUSTRALIA
#10 a tie between Italy and Pakistan
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In 1979, a woman jumped off the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, and LIVED.
In 1979, a woman jumped off the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, and LIVED.
29-year-old Elvita Adams jumped off of the observation tower on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. As luck would have it, a 30 mph gust of wind blew her straight back up and she landed on a ledge on the 85th floor. She suffered only a fractured hip, and a security guard promptly brought her back inside through a window.
Adams: "I guess the good Lord didn't mean for me to die just yet."
