Interesting Facts: Part 3

•  If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously
• Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances
• Some in Japan bath in coffee grounds that were fermented with pineapple pulp to improve their skin and reduce wrinkles
• Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living
• A snail can sleep for three years
• February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
• In Korea and other East Asian countries, the age of the person is counted from conception and not physical birth
• Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100
• The people in Bali only have one of four names: Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut
• There are more pyramids in Peru than in Egypt
• The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt holds a constant temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit
• The state official motto of Alaska is " North to the Future"
• People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers
• In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies
• Orgies were originally religious events. They were originally offerings to the gods
• 2,520 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 without having a fractional leftover
• It is unknown if odd perfect numbers exist
• A perfect number is a number whose divisors add up to itself such as 28: 1+2+4+7+14=28
• Human eye detects 10 million colors
• The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king (shah) is dead (mat)."
• Kissing helps prevent tooth decay
• One California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people
• Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour
• Your thumb is the same length as your nose
• Butterflies smell with their feet
• Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"
• A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
• 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 Germany, an official approval is needed before a new born is named.
• Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do
• Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states
• Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky
• In1770, a bill proposing that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft was put forward to the British Parliament
• The oldest dog died at the age of 29
• Cats are the most popular pets in the United States

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