The other day, I came across stuff that goes by the name of 'Wow...I didn't know that'...but they were facts. Admittedly there was some things I did know, but most of it was quite...strange, so I decided to stick some on here....for the sake of a blog really...
So, here are 30 things you may not have known...
- Walt Disney was afraid of mice
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
- A duck’s quack doesn't echo and no one knows why
- Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour
- The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside out (I knew this :D)
- Jellyfish do not have brains (and this)
- Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music
- An albatross can sleep while it flies (and this)
- The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees
- The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite
- The name for OZ in the wizard of oz, was though up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence “OZ”
- Disney’s Snow White was originally drawn as a Blonde
- The vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female "hysteria" during the 19th century
- Goldfish bowls provide insufficient oxygen to fish due to their shape and are banned in some countries as they are cruel (and this)
- In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands
- In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house
- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
- Clinophobia is the fear of beds - what a sad phobia!
- In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
- Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an INSULT
- A fish has a memory span of up to 3 months, not 3 seconds. They have an attention span of 3 seconds...(and this)
- The youngest girl to have a child was 5 years old
- Anthropodermic Bibliopegy is the practice of binding books in human skin
- 2,500 left handers die a year from trying to use a right hand device
- There is cyanide in apple seeds
- There are 3 golf balls on the moon
- Exploding head syndrome is a condition
- A pregnant goldfish is called a 'twit' (and this)
- Betsy Ross was born with a full set of teeth
Tada...how interesting :D
Oh, and I want a Chameleon with attitude named Pascal :)
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