Interesting Fact Of The Day

Fact No.258

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Among the Bagonda people of Uganda, the several widows of a recently deceased king have the distinctive honor of drinking the beer in which his entrails have been cleaned

Fact No.527

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The word 'toast' (like one that you make at a wedding) started in ancient Rome, where a piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine

Fact No.526

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Texas state law prohibits someone from having more than three sips of beer at a time whilst standing

Fact No.525

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

In Missouri, anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing an empty alcohol bottle or can can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol

Fact No.524

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

72% of Americans sign their pet's names on greetings cards they send out

Fact No.523

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

On average, 18,000,000 items are for sale on eBay at any one time

Fact No.522

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

On Earth, lightning strikes around 6000 times a minute

Fact No.521

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9, living in China in the early 1900s

Fact No.520

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

More than 40% of domestic violence victims are male

Fact No.519

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Women [on average] recognise different facial expressions better than men. This is due to women's enlarged linguistic features in the brain

Fact No.518

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The 1912 Olympics were the last time when gold medals were made of solid gold. Now they're made of silver, plated with gold

Fact No.517

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Flying frogs change colour in the day; they are greenish-blue in sunlight and dark green in the evening

Fact No.516

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Pets don't just eat grass when they're ill; some like the taste and some are just hungry

Fact No.515

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The electric chair was invented by a dentist

Fact No.514

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older

Fact No.513

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

35% of people who use personal ads for dating are already married

Fact No.512

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar

Fact No.511

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:50:00 +0000

First fact after a pretty long while [sorry]

The verb 'cleave' is the only word in the English language with two synonyms that are antonyms of each other. They are 'adhere' and 'separate'.

Apologies

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:29:00 +0000

After a few months of absolutely nothing now, I feel that we need to apologise... Not just for the absence but for the lack of warning about it. And now, an explanation: exams. 'Exams' seem to dominate the excuses for bloggers recently, but these were AS Levels, which is actually important, so I think we have a real legit reason here.

I have to say though, as summer is here we'll probably get up and running soon again... So just watch this space for now :3 In the meantime however, just enjoy the freak weather we're having here

See you soon,

Grace and Jaz

xxx

Fact No.510

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Research has shown that behavioural therapy is as effective as medication, in terms of dealing with anxiety and stress

Fact No.509

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Intense stress can weaken the immune system, leaving you more vulnerable to disease and infection

Fact No.508

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In a study, it was found that a cat at home reduced the risk of heart attack by 40% and stroke by 30%

Fact No.507

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On this day in 1966, the US sub located a previously missing H-bomb in the Mediterranean

Fact No.506

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

It takes our solar system around 250 million Earth years to orbit once around the Milky Way

Fact No.504

noreply@blogger.com (Grace Riley) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The reason we sweat when we're stressed is because it used to makes our bodies more slippery and harder to catch hold of (at least it used to, back when we were cave people)