Thursday 25 August 2016

Interesting and weird facts of life.

  • Light doesn’t necessarily travel at the speed of light. The slowest we’ve ever recorded light moving at is 38 mph.
  • Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like fingerprint.
  • In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.
  • The Romans used to clean and whiten their teeth with urine. Apparently it works. Please don’t do it, though
  • Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
  •   The reason most mosquito bites itch is because mosquitos inject saliva into the persons skin before hey suck your blood. The saliva has an anti coagulant agent to stop clotting and hence is an irritant to the skin.
  • Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
  • It would take 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper to cover the Great Wall of China.
  • Humans are the only animals that use a smile as an emotional response.
  • A recent study at Harvard has show that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer.
  • Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
  • Smiling releases endorphins in the body, which makes people feel better.

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