The Strange Facts of Life

by Jomalene Dacles

Ever wondered why the sky is blue or what the fear of marshmallow is called? Well, this is the right page for you.

1. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

2. When you blush the lining of your stomach also turns red.

3. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

4. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

5. The chemical name of caffeine is 1,3,7 trimethylantihine.

6. It would take 15,840,000 rolls of wallpaper to cover the Great Wall of China.

7.Pearls melt in vinegar.

8.Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will cause it to go crazy and sting itself.

9.’Mountain Dew’ is an old slang term for moonshine.

10. Eating breakfast will help you burn 5 to 20 percent more calories throughout the day.

11. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

12. Turtles can breathe through their butts.

13. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

14. Put two straws in your mouth: one inside a drink and one outside it. You won’t be able to drink through either straw.

15. If two pieces of metal touch in space, they got stuck together PERMANENTLY. In space, there is no oxidation layer. When pieces of metal come in contact with each other in space, they stick together to become one continuous piece of metal.

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