Amazing Facts About Apple

Apple grew its sales by $22 billion last year. That growth alone is bigger than most companies you've ever heard of. It's also more revenue than the ENTIRE COMPANY generated four years ago.

Apple generated $65 billion of revenue last year. That's bigger than the GDP of Iraq, Croatia, Libya, Ecuador, and more than 100 other countries

Only 61 countries are bigger than Apple.
Here's the GDP of the 100+ countries in the world that are smaller than Apple, per Wikipedia (2008).

And, yes, that $65 billion of revenue makes Apple officially bigger than Microsoft ($62 billion)

Apple's growth last year IN EUROPE ALONE was $7 billion. That's bigger than the GDP of Liechtenstein

iPhones now account for 39% of Apple's overall revenue. iPhones did not exist 4 years ago.

Apple sold 40 million iPhones last year. That's 110,000 iPhones sold per day.

And 4,583 iPhones per hour.
And 76 iPhones per minute.
And 1.27 iPhones per second!
The iPhone is now sold in 89 countries.

iTunes--Apple's online music, video, and app store--racked up sales of $4 billion last year. That's $1 billion more revenue than the $3 billion generated by one of world's biggest music companies, Warner Music Group

Alien

Alien hand syndrome occurs when a brain injury victim loses control over a hand as if possessed.

Cummingtonite

There exists a mineral named Cummingtonite.

A light bulb

A light bulb that hasn't been turned off since 1901 still shines at a fire station in Livermore, Calif.

Nuclear reactor

In 1994, a 17-year-old Michigan Boy Scout built a nuclear reactor in his mother's shed using radium from old clocks.

Light year

A "light year" is not a unit of time, but the distance a beam of light will travel in a year, or about 6 trillion miles.

The lighter

The lighter was invented before the match.

end on December 12, 2012

Experts agree that the Mayans never predicted the world would end on December 12, 2012.

Unknown fact

If you could fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, its thickness would be 3/4 the distance from Earth to the sun.

It's impossible

It's impossible to whistle while wearing a spacesuit.

Apple has officially become a bigger company than Microsoft

With a revenue of $65 billion, Apple has officially become a bigger company than Microsoft.

Human-robot marriages

Intelligence researcher, David Levy, predicts that human-robot marriages will be legal by the year 2050.

Running a fan

Running a fan may seem like it cools you down, but it does not in reality. It actually heats up the air slightly as it spins.

Astronaut’s hearts shrink

Astronaut’s hearts shrink in the weightless atmosphere of space!

The World's first “groundscraper”

The World's first “groundscraper” - underground luxury hotel in China - Chennaites

"Construction began last month on Shanghai’s first “groundscraper”—a structure built almost completely below the surface. The massive project will eventually take form as the InterContinental Shimao Shanghai Wonderland, a 19-story, 380-room luxury hotel surrounded by a 428,000 square-meter theme park.

World's smallest gun

World's smallest gun, Dyson LePetit Protector Ring Pistol

It’s called the Dyson LePetit Protector and was sold primarily to gamblers. !!