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- Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
- There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
- Camels have three eyelids.
- The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
- Entomophobia is the fear of insects.
- You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
- The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
- A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
- Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
- In
English speaking countries, the most popular names for dogs are Max and Molly.
- The first thermometer was filled with brandy rather than mercury.
- In the U.S. there's an official Rock Paper Scissors League.
- In the UK, if you reach your 100th birthday, you get a personalized card from the Queen.
- Nearly 6,000 people per year get hurt or die in the UK after tripping over their trousers or falling down stairs while pulling them up.
- Sex change surgeries are free under Brazil's public health system since 2008.
- Brazilian prisoners can reduce their sentence by 4 days for every book they read and write a report on.
- Kissing someone for one minute burns about 2 calories.
- Instead of kissing, mothers of the Manchu tribe used to show affection by sucking their child's penis in public, because kissing was considered sexual. (WTF?)
- Every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide.
- Sharks will sink if they stop swimming.
- Carrots were
originally PURPLE.
- Honey is the only food that will never rot, it can last 3000 years.
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is fear of the number 666.
- Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere,
somehow, a duck is watching you.
- Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because "something tragic" will happen. (So me :p)
- Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
- Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you.
- About 153,000 people will die on your birthday
- Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster, could not play guitar.
- A 10-Year-Old Accidentally Created in 2012 a New Molecule in Science Class: Tetranitratoxycarbon.
- In Russia there are 9 million more Women than men.
- In Russia it's now Illegal to tell kids Gay People Exist.
- Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
- Having excessive body hair is linked to higher intellect.
- Similar to fingerprints, everyone also has a Unique Tongue Print.
- If the human eye was a digital camera it would have 576 megapixels.
- Humans spend a third of their life sleeping. That's about 25 years
- Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it's viewed as exhaustion from working hard.
- Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they
don't drift away from each other. (So freaking cute)
- In Australia, there are more kangaroos than people
- There's a toilet-themed restaurant in Taiwan, where food is served on miniature toilets.
- In France, you can marry a dead person.
- 1 in 5 people in France have experienced depression making it the most depressed country in the world.
- Female kangaroos have three vaginas.
- Female mosquitoes can lay up to 300 eggs at a time.
- You are born with 300 bones, by the time you are an adult you will have 206.
- One in Five adults believes that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
- Ancient Egyptians worshipped over 1,400 different gods and goddesses. (Well I’ve been studying about ancient Egypt this year at school)
- Some Tanzanians believe that albinos are ghosts that can't die.
- If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die. Humans can’t handle that much vitamin A.
- There's a museum in Russia that hires cats to protect its artworks against rodents.
- Forcing yourself to smile can boost your mood.
- Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears.
- The
Dutch village of Giethoorn has no roads; its buildings are connected entirely
by canals and footbridges.
- Everyone has a completely unique smell (except for twins).
- Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world: 99.8%.
- It
can take your finger and toenails 1/2 a year to grow an entirely new nail (from
base to tip).
- A shrimp's heart is in its head.
- Rats and horses can't vomit.
- In Korea and Japan, there is a Cat Cafe where
you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours.
- Students who chew gum have better math test scores than those who do not, a study found.
- Unfaithful men have lower IQs according to a scientific study.
- Men
were the first to wear high heels around the 1600s. Women began wearing them to
look more masculine.
- Lake Hillier in Australia is a bright pink colour and scientists aren't sure why.
- 1 IN 8 American workers has been employed by McDonald's.
- kangaroos cant hop backwards.
- Horses fall asleep while standing.
- Some
Fish, like the Triggerfish, can swim backwards.
