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1. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
2. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
3. Camels have three eyelids.
4. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
   
5. Entomophobia is the fear of insects.
6. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
7. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
8. A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
9. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
10. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
11. In English speaking countries, the most popular names for dogs are Max and Molly.
    
12. The first thermometer was filled with brandy rather than mercury.
13. In the U.S. there's an official Rock Paper Scissors League.
14. In the UK, if you reach your 100th birthday, you get a personalized card from the Queen.
15. Nearly 6,000 people per year get hurt or die in the UK after tripping over their trousers or falling down stairs while pulling them up.
16. Sex change surgeries are free under Brazil's public health system since 2008.
17. Brazilian prisoners can reduce their sentence by 4 days for every book they read and write a report on.
18. Kissing someone for one minute burns about 2 calories.
19. Instead of kissing, mothers of the Manchu tribe used to show affection by sucking their child's penis in public, because kissing was considered sexual. (WTF?)
20. Every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide.
21. Sharks will sink if they stop swimming.
22. Carrots were originally PURPLE.
    
23. Honey is the only food that will never rot, it can last 3000 years.
24. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is fear of the number 666.
25. Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. 
    
26. Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because "something tragic" will happen. (So me :p)
27. Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
28. Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you.
29. About 153,000 people will die on your birthday
30. Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster, could not play guitar.
31. A 10-Year-Old Accidentally Created in 2012 a New Molecule in Science Class: Tetranitratoxycarbon.
32. In Russia there are 9 million more Women than men.
33. In Russia it's now Illegal to tell kids Gay People Exist.
34. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
35. Having excessive body hair is linked to higher intellect.
36. Similar to fingerprints, everyone also has a Unique Tongue Print.
37. If the human eye was a digital camera it would have 576 megapixels.
38. Humans spend a third of their life sleeping. That's about 25 years
39. Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it's viewed as exhaustion from working hard.
40. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from each other. (So freaking cute)
    
41. In Australia, there are more kangaroos than people
42. There's a toilet-themed restaurant in Taiwan, where food is served on miniature toilets. 
    
43. In France, you can marry a dead person.
44. 1 in 5 people in France have experienced depression making it the most depressed country in the world.
45. Female kangaroos have three vaginas. 
    
46. Female mosquitoes can lay up to 300 eggs at a time.
47. You are born with 300 bones, by the time you are an adult you will have 206.
48. One in Five adults believes that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
49. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
50. Ancient Egyptians worshipped over 1,400 different gods and goddesses. (Well I’ve been studying about ancient Egypt this year at school)
51. Some Tanzanians believe that albinos are ghosts that can't die.
52. If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die. Humans can’t handle that much vitamin A.
53. There's a museum in Russia that hires cats to protect its artworks against rodents.
54. Forcing yourself to smile can boost your mood.
55. Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears.
56. The Dutch village of Giethoorn has no roads; its buildings are connected entirely by canals and footbridges. 
    
57. Everyone has a completely unique smell (except for twins).
58. Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world: 99.8%.
59. It can take your finger and toenails 1/2 a year to grow an entirely new nail (from base to tip). 
    
60. A shrimp's heart is in its head.
61. Rats and horses can't vomit.
62. In Korea and Japan, there is a Cat Cafe where you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours. 
    
    
    
    
63. Students who chew gum have better math test scores than those who do not, a study found.
64. Unfaithful men have lower IQs according to a scientific study.
65. Men were the first to wear high heels around the 1600s. Women began wearing them to look more masculine.   
    
66. Lake Hillier in Australia is a bright pink colour and scientists aren't sure why. 
    
67. 1 IN 8 American workers has been employed by McDonald's.
68. kangaroos cant hop backwards.
69. Horses fall asleep while standing.
70. Some Fish, like the Triggerfish, can swim backwards.
    

Amalia Boura