Did you know…

- The needle on Alexander Graham Bell’s record player was made of bamboo?

- The incandescent thread in Thomas Edison’s first light bulb was made of bamboo?

- 5 million delicious rods of bamboo are eaten every day?

- Suspension bridges made of bamboo in China span up to 130 feet?

- Bamboo is as strong as and often stronger than steel?

- Certain species of bamboo in the South of France grow 9 inches high and 23 inches wide in two months?

- The fastest growing species reaches 4 feet in 24 hours?

- Once it reaches adulthood, bamboo grows only vertically and it’s circumference remains the same?

- Bamboo has been used medicinally to treat asthma, kidney infections, and poor circulation?

- Beer, wine and liquor can be distilled from bamboo?

- 80 % of the cellulose used in India to make paper comes from bamboo?

- Bamboo is used as a desalination filter, and was used as poison on the tips of arrowheads?

- Diesel fuel can be made from bamboo?

- Soil erosion doesn’t stand a chance around bamboo, rather it prevents erosion unlike any other plant?

- Bamboo poles are used as scaffolding alongside buildings under-construction?

- Reinforced concrete is replaced by bamboo in many cement buildings?

- Altitude poses no problem for bamboo - it grows at 13,000 feet?

- One bamboo plant produces up to 200 poles in 5 years?