Sunday’s 20 Interesting Facts. How many do you know?
Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile
A 75 year old person will have slept approximately 23 years
Sharks can live up to 100 years
Mosquitoes are attracted to the colour blue more than any colour
The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom
The Koala’s fingerprints are so similar to that of humans that only a trained eye can tell the difference.
It is estimated that there are 148,574,965.09 insects to each human being on the planet
It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with
Cats are believed to be left ‘pawed’ but they are actually ambidextrous
You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
Bamboo can grow up to 3 feet in 24 hours
Bill Clinton sent just 2 emails as president
Slamming your car door (or making a loud noise) between 11:00pm and 06:00 is against the law in Switzerland
In England, in the 1880’s, “Pants” was considered a dirty word
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung
In Bangladesh, India, students 15 years of age and over can be jailed for cheating on their exams
More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones
Light bulb inventor, Thomas Edison, was afraid of the dark
The state of Florida is bigger than the whole of England
The average person has over 1,500 dreams a year
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Very interesting. I’ll never wear blue on holiday again if it means no insect bites. I’m going to buy celery as snacks in future, and I wonder what citizens in the 1800’s would think of our dirty words now! Oh, those were the days…Oh, and if I ever move abroad, I may move to Switzerland – After living on this estate, the idea is very appealing! :O)