Fun Facts
It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
It’s been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh 15
to 100 times a day.
In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to
their sleeve on Valentine’s Day and keep it there for a week, hence
‘wearing their heart on their sleeve’.
It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was
redesigned as wearing a skirt.
The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. Was
sold as “Dr.Miles Compound Extract of Tomato”
When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red
Dating back to the 1600’s, thermometers were filled with Brandy
instead of mercury
The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second
Shoe sizes were standardized in Britain in 1885
The average person’s eyes will be closed about 30 minutes a day due to blinking.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and
140,000 people die.
There are at least 40 known carcinogens in cigarettes.
The earliest British expeditions tackling Everest wore tweed jackets,
woolen underwear, and leather boots.
The amniotic fluid that surrounds a baby in the womb is completely
replaced every three hours.
During World War II, twice as many fighter pilots were killed during
training than combat
In 1962 an outbreak of contagious laughter in Tanganyika lasted for
six months and caused schools to be closed
A nautical mile measures 6,080 feet while a land or statute mile is 5,280 feet
No one can drown in the Dead Sea. It is 25 percent salt, which makes
the water very heavy
Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than
plants watered with cold water
Earth’s oceans contain 7 1/2 million tons of gold, dissolved in the water
Children who are breastfed tend to have an I.Q. seven points higher
than children who are not.
The bird flu virus could evolve into a form that is easily spread
between people, resulting in a highly contagious and lethal disease.
The Chinese, in olden days, used marijuana only as a remedy for dysentery.
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