- In 1386, public hanging for the murder of a child executed a pig in France.
- There is a city called Rome on every continent.
- Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his seasickness.
- The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is a present at all important meeting of the University of London
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Amazing Yet Useless Facts Related to History
Amazing Yet Useless Facts About Science - Part 2
- One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
- Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
- The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
- Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
Amazing Yet Useless Facts About Science
- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
- Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
- The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
- Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
- Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
- A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
- Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
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