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This was because they weren't grown in Europe, so when world explorers brought back this rare and exotic new fruit, supply was low and demand was high.

The odd strategies used here are reflective of older techniques in order to grow this tropical fruit in a colder climate.

This area is still called the City of London.

This makes tornadoes very dangerous.

This equalled more revenue than the combined revenues of Walt Disney Co, Macy's, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Target and Apple.

This equals approximately $13 billion.

This means that the CPU is just a single chip.

This is called a microcontroller.

The result of all of this hard work was Airbnb, a revolutionary online marketplace for renting rooms and apartments.

This breakthrough in online lodging has become a massive success, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars annually and operating in a staggering 192 countries worldwide.

In celebration of this momentous achievement and their more than ten years in business, here are 20 Fun Facts about Airbnb, that you probably didn't know.

This enterprise soon took off, and over time it evolved into the Airbnb we have today, with a little cheeky nod to its birth all those years ago, still in its name.

Brian, Joe, and Nate solved this problem ingeniously by repackaging and rebranding breakfast cereals to coincide with the 2008 presidential elections.

Starting up in their apartment in San Francisco in 2008, Airbnb had little use for an office, but as the company grew, this quickly became a necessity.

Figuratively this has come to mean 'to get over difficulties before reaching a goal'.

Reason tends to prove this theory, which anyone can check out, quite simply, in the following way : milk left to the open air, naturally transforms itself through the effects of germs, which make it coagulate and ferment.

This combination of opposing forces can create winds and result in the formation of storm clouds such as cumulonimbus.

This is the busiest and largest fish market in the world.

This is a major tourist attraction and free visitor tickets are given to the public every morning at 4 am.

This trendy district is also said to show the expression of the youth of Tokyo.

This simple pudding gets firmer as it cools and is usually served chilled.

The only thing you need know about this dessert besides the recipe is that you will need to prepare the dessert in advance so it has time to chill.

Nowhere is the subject of this dessert more completely covered than in the 2007 cookbook, Panna Cotta: Italy's Elegant Custard Made Easy by Camilla V Saulsbury.

You should note that if you are a vegetarian, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy this Italian classic.

This will easily give the custard the desired thickness needed, and adds little to no flavor to the dish.

Sprite described the flavor of their drink as lymon, a mixture of both lemon and lime, and this has since become one of their key marketing terms.

This soon spread to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands in 2013.

Is this the case though?

Today we're here to look at 25 amazing facts about this undeniably successful and impressive piece of software.

Android is available in around 46 languages, this also means apps can be produced in different languages to cover a wider audience.

This is called "soccer" in North America, South Africa, and Australia to avoid confusion with other types of football that are commonly played there.

This time a bidding war took off and it sold for $14.83.

This is probably because the British love a bit of a bidding war, what's better than being able to auction from your own home!

After 8 years of selling, on November 13th 2008, Sheng became the first person to reach this amount of reviews.

This was in hope that customers would not notice the gradual change over time.

Over the years there have been many items, sometimes even joke items that have reached millions but not quite as much as this one.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was the lucky winner of this bid.

This is not the first time an item has been listed in the wrong category, or identified as something it is not.

A British scientist and Zoologist named Simon Coppard came across the urchin and from the photo recognized that this was something new.

With this vast quantity of numbers eBay does not create an annual report on how many items are sold within a year.

This convenience is one of the reasons it became such a popular platform over the years.

So when you have a spare moment, why not see what weird and wonderful things you can find for sale on this virtual auction house.

Spring dish gained immense popularity at the time of Tang and Song dynasty rule and in this period the dish was better known as five spice dish because of its hot and spicy flavor.

So excited at realising the importance of this he shouted “Eureka” and rushed out into the street unclothed.

We cannot be certain this entertaining anecdote is 100% true, but he was a genuinely great mathematician, who in many ways was centuries ahead of his contemporaries.

The laptop was created mainly for this particular reason.

Computer parts were scaled to smaller size so this could happen.

They do this while holding a coin in the other hand.

If the answer is yes, you're in luck, because from this point onward cat facts is all we're going to be talking about!

This reflex allows cats to quickly assess which way is down and rotate their bodies while in mid-air.

Finally, they can also be called a "kindle of kittens", although this usage is less common.

This farmer then sells these fruits or vegetables to grocery stores or markets or even other countries.

This process actually makes the outer layer waterproof.

This is possible because their fur is so dense, with around a million hairs per square inch.

Nowadays this technique is still practiced in Bangladesh, where trained otters are used to chase fish into fishing nets.

These otters don't just do this to be incredibly adorable though.

While this usually happens after the previous animal has moved out, they are known to move into beavers dams while they're still using them!

This means that we do not have the ability to breathe underwater.

You'd think this would pose a problem for a species which spends the majority of its time either in water, or hunting in water, but apparently not!

This means that even though it usually lives on the land, it spends a great amount of time in rivers and lakes where males lead groups of 5 to 30 females and young.

This is why hippo calves can suckle on land or underwater.

This is comparable to a Dsl (Digital Subcriber Line) or low end cable modem speed.

This would be as fast as some computer networks that use ethernet.

This was all captured by the drones' on-board camera.

This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội an phố (the town of Hội an), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".

Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.

The town reflects a fusion of indigenous and foreign cultures (principally Chinese and Japanese with later European influences) that combined to produce this unique survival.

A prime example of this is a bank.

This river goes across Central Seoul.

UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.

Horses are often seen in photographs "laughing" or "smiling", but this movement is actually to help them smell better.

Experts used to believe that horses were completely color-blind, although this has now been disproven.

In warmer countries, this amount is even higher.

If you feel behind the ears of a horse and they appear to be cold, this means that the horse itself is feeling cold.

Although eagles can live up to 70 years, this isn't always the case and they normally become weaker towards the end of their lives, unable to hunt as they used to.

It weighs just one pound (0.45 kg) but can fly faster than many other birds of this size.

This was despite the fact the eagle only weighed around 10-12 pounds (4.5 - 5.5 kg) itself.

This is eleven times bigger than the diameter of Earth.

This relationship will fix the price for a certain type of good.

This happens at the equilibrium market price.

When there is more supply, this will cause prices to fall because people will not want to pay more for items that can be found easily.

The greater the demand, the faster this happens.

This greater number of providers makes the supply go up, which forces the price down toward the cost of production and distribution.

Therefore, a user feels like he or she is really part of this other place.

The technology to do this needs special display screens or projectors and other devices.

Often the picture will change when the user moves their head, they may be able to "walk" through this virtual space.

This has become particularly manageable post-2012.

This is particularly the case for those in at-risk groups or with disabilities.

This is the equivalent of the combined Gdp of several African economies.

This was a breakthrough in operating software as it replaced text interfaces with graphical interfaces.

This version of Windows has been the backbone of all future releases from Windows 2000 to the latest Xp and Vista.

Around this time, fish warehouses sold fried fish and bread, with mention of this in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist published in 1830.

Although a continental habit of serving mayonnaise with fish and chips has emerged, very few Britons have adopted this.

As the Han era concluded, the northern Chinese farmers who had long grown wheat discovered they could ground this grain into flour and knead it with water.

From this practice emerged an entire world of new dishes known as bing.

Apple pie lovers generally love this delicious dish accompanied with ice creams.

There is something unique about this taste combination.

People use this expression when talking about things like blue jeans, baseball and rock-n-roll music.

The name of Granny Smith is also associated with this food.

To the outside world, the capital of Thailand has long been known as Bangkok, but this is not what the Thai people call it.

This event is set up throughout the day with many different Thai cuisines and desserts.

This dish is flavored with Cinnamon, Tamarind sauce, and sugar, topped with roasted peanuts and bay leaves, it's made with coconut milk, potatoes, and chicken or tofu for vegetarians.

The bamboo gives this dessert a unique taste.

This dessert's price range is from 14 cents (US) to as much as $2.

This dessert is made out of coconut milk with a soft texture, a blend between creamy and icy.

If you're reading this, you likely have an account yourself!

As of 2018, there have been over 45 billion photos shared on this platform.

All this, whilst allowing you to look anywhere in the world at any point in time, and yet you will still always go straight to your street first.

This is now on display at Stanford University.

Whenever I need a new gadget or appliance Samsung comes to mind, from phones to TVs this Korean electrical superpower are market leaders in every area of electronics particularly in the cell phone industry.

Following on from this, the pair have started a new collaboration to create a VR game for rollercoaster riders.

A site that bestows wonder upon all who make the journey to its soaring heights, this marvel of Inca architecture is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century.

As a result of this lack of knowledge there have been many wild theories when it comes to Machu Picchu, which is a large reason why it draws so much intrigue.

This makes you wonder whether it was originally called this, or whether its name was lost over the ages and replaced with the nearest geological landmark.

This is a common misconception largely due to it never being reached Spanish Conquistadors in their invasion of Peru in the 16th Century.

This of course prompted further thorough investigation, as well as the millions of visitors that flock to the now famous ruins every year.

This has been one of the objectives of the tweet when Ellen posted it, and it succeeded in gaining over three million retweets.

Bingham made this suggestion as more than 75% of the first few dozen skeletons unearthed were primarily identified as female.

This theory has long been debunked, with the majority of skeletons actually being male, rather than female.

There are many myths and legends of Machu Picchu being used as a site for human sacrifice, yet very little scientific evidence backs this fact up.

This theory was debunked of course, but there are plenty of other locations within the Inca Empire where such things did occur.

This theory states that it was a palace for the then ruler of the Inca Empire, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, who reigned from 1438 to 1471.

This is another way that earthquakes are formed.

This movement is what also causes earthquakes.

With a tsunami, the water flows straight, and this is what causes these frightening things to happen.

It has this name because Petra was carved into the red-rose limestone of Wadi Musa .

This city has sights which any historian or archaeologist will love.

Everything on this car is designed to be the most efficient it can be.

This amazing coating, called Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond Weave, not only makes up most of the price it also sparkles when the sunlight hits and has been compared to millions of tiny diamonds.

This maze of canals actually splits Amsterdam up into what is technically 90 small "islands"!

Some credit Christopher Columbus with this feat in 1504.

Now, this does excite me, who doesn't love the idea of jumping in your car and sitting back as it travels you across the country to wherever you're heading, but how far away are we actually from the dream?

First, we have to look at the pioneers in this automotive field, pushing the boundaries, trying to reach an otherwise impossible dream.

As with all futuristic ideas, the time at which those in the past thought the technology would exist was way off, like Back To The Future's predictions of hoverboards in 2015, Norman Bel Geddes in the 1930s thought the 1960s would be the era for the automated car, this was sadly not the case.

The 1950s saw some further testing and advancements in this field but the 1980s were the next significant era in reaching the dream of a driverless car.

In this year, Mercedes trailed a vision-guided robotic van on an open road which achieved a speed of 39 mph.

Whatever you think you know about this impressive country, here are 30 facts about Scotland that might surprise you!

However, this wasn't always a trademark of the candy.

This was the result of a study that stated that red food dye was linked to cancers.

This wallet is like a physical wallet, but much more secure.

This shows just how renowned the brand is worldwide and how intertwined it is with our daily lives.

If you love this Christmas candy, or just want to learn more, check out these 15 cool facts about candy canes.

Before this, each candy cane was made by hand.

Whether it's close to you or very far from home, here are some awesome facts about this incredible place.

There are no Bills of Rights in this country, making it the only Western country to omit this from its governmental system.

This leaves 75% which are totally undiscovered as of yet.

This made the country the second in the world to implement this.

Kangaroo meat is widely available, and many people like this meat for its low-fat content.

Figuratively this has come to mean 'to get over difficulties before reaching a goal.'.

No single entity controls this currency.

Everything is able to be seen on the blockchain and it's this complete openness that instills a lot of trust and security amongst the Bitcoin community.

This is a major tourist attraction and free visitor tickets are given to the public every morning at 4 am.

So excited at realising the importance of this he shouted "Eureka" and rushed out into the street unclothed.

This is comparable to a Dsl (Digital Subcriber Line) or low end cable modem speed.

This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội an phố (the town of Hội an), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".

UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging program to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.

This is the equivalent of the combined Gdp of several African economies.

This version of Windows has been the backbone of all future releases from Windows 2000 to the latest Xp and Vista.

Around this time, fish warehouses sold fried fish and bread, with mention of this in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist published in 1830.

To the outside world, the capital of Thailand has long been known as Bangkok, but this is not what the Thai people call it.

This gives them a distinct advantage over some prey species when hunting at night.

This is because TV, Facebook, and Twitter are banned in Saudi Arabia, but YouTube is unrestricted.

This concentration of people has been brought about by a constant rural-urban migration.

This launched the Dutch Golden Age.

That definition is this: Disposable income is whatever is left over after taxes.

This is because you will be paying not only the money that you borrowed but also the interest on that money that you borrowed.

This shuttle is 18 feet tall and weighs nearly three tons.

This describes a design architecture for an electronic digital computer with subdivisions of a processing unit.

This is referred to as the Von Neumann bottleneck and often limits the performance of the system.

This occurs from either added moisture in the air, or falling ambient air temperature.

This can occur when the fog layer is lifted and cooled sufficiently, or when it is forcibly compressed from above by descending air.

Whether it's staggering statistics or fun facts about how this social media platform was created, here are the top 10 facts about Twitter.

This equates to more than 500 million tweets per day - that's a lot of words!

This includes helping others, giving to the poor and saying daily prayers.

However, in 2013, the Vatican announced that another way you can achieve this is by following the Pope and keeping up with live events such as the Catholic World Youth Day on Twitter.

This decision was partly due to the increase in the number of tweets being posted.

Homeowners who want to keep the costs of their power bill down shouldn't let the fridge door open too much in this case.

This e-reader contains reels of amazing images and important texts threaded around the spindles.

This e-reader also contains a magnifying glass to read in a larger font, a backlight to read at night and an audio player to read with an electronic voice.

Though, this invention did not get into the reality, it was a strong step for the foundation of today's e-reader.

Depending on this demand, a lot of books are encoded to be able to read on the smartphones.

By 2012, this figure had increased to a whopping 23%.

The baguette was one of them, and when Vietnamese tried the baguette they remade it by adding rice flour to the ingredients, which is always available in this agricultural country, made it shorter and baked it in a different way.

On this day in 2011, bánh mì was admitted into the Oxford English Dictionary, the reason behind Google's celebration of the influential sandwich.

The dictionary's example for this food reads, "along with classic banh mi, there are refreshing cold noodles and exceptional bowls of soup.".

This can be seen in male and female birds and also across different species.

The birds are sometimes seen doing this in the wild to protect themselves from a predator.

This enabled her to start a career as a model, and she was soon featured on the front of many magazine covers.

Marilyn Monroe was always seen as the gorgeous, blonde, sex symbol of the 50's, but the truth is that this lady was just as smart as she was beautiful.

Taking inspiration from Garrett Camp's ride sharing concept, Anthony decided to take this problem up as a project while studying at Harvard Business School.

When he presented the project to his professors, the comments he received were that this project was "difficult to implement" despite the success of other ride hailing services in the US such as Uber.

Widely regarded prior to this as the economic and cultural "capital" of the Netherlands, Amsterdam was only officially recognized as the capital in the early 80s.

Before this, despite a lack of clarity on the country's actual capital, Den Haag (The Hague) was considered to be the capital of the Netherlands as this is where the government resided (and still do to this day), making it the country's hub of political power.

This is a service that the Dutch government offers for anyone who dies and is left unclaimed in Amsterdam, not just Dutch citizens.

Because of this, the gorgeous old buildings you see lined up on the canal - and street-fronts of Amsterdam are particularly thin and tall.

It was this that made her the most recognisable name in world fashion.

If you're new to this beverage or a lifelong drinker, then these facts on green tea will have you reaching for the kettle!

Record weight for males is claimed as 700 lbs (318 kg), but this cannot be confirmed.

This bay is famous for its more than 1960 limestone, rocky, tall islands which are rich in tropical vegetation.

This limestone has been forming for over 500 million years.

There are both an oceanic and seashore biosystem and a tropical evergreen biosystem in this region.

There are 60 widespread faunal and 14 widespread floral species in this region.

This effect is called the greenhouse effect and it is very strong on Venus.

This makes the surface of Venus the hottest of any planet's surface in the Solar System with an estimated average temperature of 480 °C (896.0 °F).

When the arteries get clogged, blood does not go through them easily, this can cause a heart attack.

This smaller piece of dough can be cooked or re-added to the batch to make more doughnuts.

In the 1900s, this region became a special refuge to Chinese exiles.

This gives residents and tourists an opportunity to sample various types of delicacies from around the world.

This award is organized and announced by Business Traveler Asia Pacific Magazine.

In this region, parents that give birth to a son and then daughter are considered to be among the luckiest people in the world.

Dimsum which are a popular snack for many people across the world originated from this region.

Here we're going to look at some of the world's most expensive foods, obviously, this doesn't list every type of food by any means but I've chosen some of the world's favorites and those that are most common.

Saffron comes from the saffron crocus, this flower bears up to four flowers with each having three vivid crimson stigmas, these stigmas are handpicked, dried and then air sealed which kind of explains the price.

This was a humongous burger weighing 777lbs.

To'ak means earth and tree in Ecuadorian dialects and costs around $260 per bar this, according to To'ak, is because it's made from the 5% of cacao labeled as 'fine-grade' whereas normal chocolate comes from the other 95%.

This is the technique of defining forms through the contrast of light and shadow.

This would be later used to great effect in the Mona Lisa.

During this period he painted the famous artworks "Madonna on the Rocks" and also "The Last Supper".

This group also includes crocodiles, lizards, and turtles.

Because of this, snakes that live in colder climates must hibernate through the winter.

This product, also known as the Bloomberg terminal, is the computer system that analyzes and generates real-time market and financial information for finance professionals.

This includes a wide variety of products, including Portfolio Management & Analytics products, Real-Time & Trading Data products, and more.

Still, though, it seems unlikely that this dominant company is going anywhere anytime soon.

This is enough to justify Bloomberg's high price tags.

This includes operating systems.

This is done by translating and combining computer program source code and libraries into executable RAMs.

Wow, this is quite something.

This happens no matter which station you are watching.

This is a very slow process, but they do like to bump into each other a bit.

When this happens rocks form around the edges.

The rocks then move with humongous force and when this happens, we get an earthquake.

Whether you're a student looking to take a gap year or a family hoping to visit somewhere new this year, there is a wealth of choice available to you.

Brimming with culture, this city won an award in 2016 for being the best travel destination.

Palau is a small island located southeast of the Philippines, you will find deep blue waters and bright blue skies at this gorgeous destination.

Snorkeling and scuba-diving are two of the main activities which tourists enjoy while visiting this country.

It's a lighter and more aggressive version of this already unbelievable V12 beast.

When you start discussing eye-watering automotive prices most people have to think of the Bugatti Veyron and this list is no exception.

With a plethora of other modifications under its belt including an ultra-light very tough carbon fiber body, this 1,200 Bhp vehicle reaches 254 mph.

Number 3 is definitely a newbie when it comes to this level of automotive prowess but they deserve it.

The performance isn't anything to be overlooked with a top speed of 385 km/h (240 Mph) and 0-100km/h (0-62 Mph) of 2.8 seconds, this car is jaw-droppingly fast.

Incidentally, this concept eventually paved the way for wedding cakes to become a tradition that continues today.

Different variations of this dessert have evolved over time by adding different flavors and toppings, these can range from such flavors as vanilla, spices, chocolate, pumpkin and numerous fruit flavors such as mango, lemon, fig and apricot.

In this article, we're going to explore 30 facts about Adidas that every self-professed sneaker head should know.

This company has been in business for nearly a hundred years, working with governments, non-governmental organizations, leading businesses as well as not-for-profit organizations.

The framework may have to be discarded and a new framework may need to be found, but this technique saves most of the time and stress involved with a complicated project.