Some Fun Facts You May Have Not Known
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How the numbers/digits got their names...interesting.
List of criminal offenses which can result in the death penalty in North Korea:
Drug offenses; plots against national sovereignty; circulating "harmful" information; political dissidence; terrorism; espionage; treason against the Motherland or against the people; murder; murder of a North Korean police guard; watching South Korean and foreign websites, media or movies; listening to South Korean and foreign radio broadcasts; kidnapping; rape; assault; burglary; insubordination; inappropriate words; armed robbery; violation of Juche customs; human trafficking; illegal border crossing; committing massacres; bank robbery; grand theft; making illegal international calls without a phone card; producing and/or watching pornography; embezzlement; currency counterfeiting; black market smuggling/trafficking; damaging or deliberately destroying state property; destroying military facilities or technology; taking unauthorized photographs; unauthorized religious activity; returning home from foreign countries after becoming a defector and prostitution.
Drug offenses; plots against national sovereignty; circulating "harmful" information; political dissidence; terrorism; espionage; treason against the Motherland or against the people; murder; murder of a North Korean police guard; watching South Korean and foreign websites, media or movies; listening to South Korean and foreign radio broadcasts; kidnapping; rape; assault; burglary; insubordination; inappropriate words; armed robbery; violation of Juche customs; human trafficking; illegal border crossing; committing massacres; bank robbery; grand theft; making illegal international calls without a phone card; producing and/or watching pornography; embezzlement; currency counterfeiting; black market smuggling/trafficking; damaging or deliberately destroying state property; destroying military facilities or technology; taking unauthorized photographs; unauthorized religious activity; returning home from foreign countries after becoming a defector and prostitution.
Reading on wikipedia that the definition of a billion in the UK (and most of the rest of world) in 1974 changed from 1million million - ie 1,000,000,000,000
to 1thousand million ie 1,000,000,000.
So in 1974 did they change how they count the world population? And wouldnt the number have gone down?
to 1thousand million ie 1,000,000,000.
So in 1974 did they change how they count the world population? And wouldnt the number have gone down?
Looks like the UN used the American version before 1974
Copilot below:
Before 1974, the measurement of world population was generally presented in the short scale, where a billion equals 1,000 million (10^9). This scale has been widely adopted in English-speaking countries for centuries, including Canada and the United States.
In a 2001 interview, Alicia Keys said that she had been 'struggling her entire life to make it in the music industry'. Keys was 20 years old at the time, and had just released her debut album, which has sold more than 12 million copies.
