FANCY THAT!
Facts to make you go“WOW!”
A 2015 STUDY WOW! REVEALED THAT PEOPLE BORN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TENDED TO SHOW HIGHER LEVELS OF CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATIVE PROBLEMSOLVING.
◆ There are 6 nuclear weapons known to be missing across the world! ◆ THE TWO MOST COMMON CAREER PATHS FOR PEOPLE BORN IN JANUARY ARE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS OR ACCOUNTANTS. ALTERNATELY, VERY FEW PEOPLE BORN IN JANUARY BECOMEME ESTATE AGENTS. AGENTS ◆ WHEN WE SLEEP, CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLUSHES THROUGH THE BRAIN, SWEEPING AWAY THE DAY’S HARMFUL PROTEIN TOXINS. SO SLEEP LITERALLY WASHES YOUR BRAIN!
◆ Are you a fan of the stars? Celebrities, that is! Then you’ll be interested to know that the first ever Emmy Awards were held on January 25, 1949.
◆ HUMANS SHED 18KG OF K KIN IN THEIR LIFETIME. AT THIS RA ATE, A PERSON COMPLETELY REP PLACES THEIR OUTER SKIN EVE VERY MONTH.
◆ “As American as apple pie” isn’t actually very American. Pie was invented in Medieval England, while the modern recipe for apple pie with a lattice crust was perfected by the Dutch.
◆ The first Penal Colony in Australia was established in January 1788 by the British in order to relieve overcrowded English prisons. ◆ FOR EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH THERE ARE 200 MILLION INSECTS.
◆ Crayola literally means “oily chalk” – the word is a compound of the French craie (chalk) and ola (oily).
Your heart beats up to 100,000 times aday
◆ FINLAND HAS MORE SAUNAS THAN CARS, AND IT’S CONSISTENTLY RANKED AS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
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If eaten in one meal, 30-90g of polar bear liver can be fatal, as its high concentration of Vitamin A is toxic to humans. ◆ WHEN BOEING WANTED TO TEST OUT ITS WIRELESS SIGNAL ON NEW PLANES IN 2012, THEY PUT PILES OF POTATOES ON SEATS. THEIR HIGH WATER CONTENT AND CHEMICAL MAKE-UP MEANS THEY ABSORB AND REFLECT RADIO AND WIRELESS SIGNALS JUST LIKE HUMANS DO.