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Well not really amazing and some are opinion based but some are interesting
http://www.indianraj.com/2006/07/50_amazing_things_related_to_w.html
http://www.indianraj.com/2006/07/50_amazing_things_related_to_w.html
6. Thierry Henry of France committed 17 fouls- the highest for a player in World Cup 2006.
4. Goleo, the world cup mascot, failed to attract the people in Germany and in other countries.
5. 2 million tourists have come to Germany for World Cup 2006.
Really?!13. Zinedine Zidane of France was awarded the best player but was sent off in the final match after being shown red card.
12. Australia could come into the quarterfinal, first time for a team from Oceania region.
1. Two Argentine supporters died from heart attack after Argentina lost to Germany in penalty shoot out in the quarterfinal.
That's uh, good to know?1. I must say that World Cup 2006 was the Internet World Cup.
That would give the world a population of 7.05 Billion, which I'm pretty sure is not the case.17% of the world's population or nearly 1.2 billion watched the final match of World Cup Football 2006.
Right.6. To celebrate World Cup Football, virus senders dispatched a virus through email in Portuguese language mainly in Brazil.
Fantastic.1. It was surely a SMS World Cup, as millions of SMS were sent across the world.
2. No Asian team could enter the second round.
raz0rr said:That would give the world a population of 7.05 Billion, which I'm pretty sure is not the case.
No Asian team could enter the second round.
3. World Cup 2006 perhaps generated $25 billion of consumption boost in the world economy.
4. World Cup 2006 might have generated 0.25% economic growth to German economy.
Watching World Cup matches in giant screen in many countries of the world (both rich and poor) in the open spaces became another new trend of World Cup Football this time.
The official website of World Cup Football became one of the most popular websites in USA! Unbelievable, isn't it?
It was surely a SMS World Cup, as millions of SMS were sent across the world.
LOL15. Except Ghana, no team from Africa could impress.