Quote's and Fact's

Valentine’s Day is associated with romance because, during the middle Ages, it was believed that birds paired couples in mid-February. The holiday is literally for the birds.

It took 23.5 tonnes of ancient, buried plants to produce 1 litre of petrol.

The U-bend (S-trap without a 90 degree bend) used in toilets and sinks to prevent sewage gasses from entering the house was invented by a man named Thomas Crapper.

In Taiwan, cheating on your spouse is punishable by a 1-year sentence in jail.

The smell of Parmesan cheese and vomit are actually not that different and when blindfolded, people often can’t tell the difference between the smell of Parmesan cheese and vomit.

A full-grown person can eat 70 to 80 hot dogs in a 10-minute space before their body starts to shut down.

There is over 400,000 pounds (181,436.948 kilograms) of man-made trash and debris on the moon, including 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomiting.

The Earth’s day/night cycle is growing longer year-by-year and 620 million years ago, the Earth day was 21.9 hours long

Cherophobia (fear of happiness) is an attitude towards happiness in which individuals may deliberately avoid experiences that invoke positive emotions or happiness because they think something bad will happen after.

An Indonesian tribe successfully uses the “gandarusa” bush as a form of male birth control. Scientists say the plant prevents pregnancy by slowing down the activity of certain enzymes in the sperm that helps them wriggle into a female’s ovum.

Namibia’s name is derived from Namib, which means “area where there is nothing” in the Nama language.

Happy XMAS to my Orthodox followers

Traditional soap making method

Bonobos have sexual intercourse as a major form of social communication.

The distance between latitude degrees is about 69 miles (111km)

Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes - nearly twice as long as dolphins can.

3pm is the best time to have sex.

In 1936, the Russians made a computer that ran on water.