Here are the some interesting facts that you love it.......................
1. There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.
2. Catnip is ten-times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET, the main substance used in insect repellents.
3. If eaten in one meal, 30 to 90 grams of polar bear liver is enough to kill a human being.
4. American microbiologist Maurice Ralph Hilleman is accredited with developing 8 of the 14 routine vaccinations used today, these being; Measles, Mumps, Hepatitis A & B, Chickenpox, Meningitis, Pneumonia, and Hemophilia influenza. He also discovered that Chlamydia was not a virus as it was previously thought to be.
5. In 2002 alone, more people in the U.S. were killed by dogs than in shark attacks in the past 100 years.
6. American college, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, deems certain students who take courses in Pistol Marksmanship, Archery, Sailing and Fencing as certified ‘Pirates’.
7. It is predicted that the reason why night insects, such as moths, are attracted to lights is because they mistake them for the light of the moon, which they used to navigate the Earth before mankind made artificial lights.
8. Justin Bieber once held up a sign from his hotel room window saying “Go to McDonald’s and get me a Big Mac”. He got his Big Mac.
9. In the early 1900’s, Lobster was considered the “cockroach of the ocean” and was synonymous with the poor – often eaten regularly by the homeless, slaves and prisoners. It wasn’t until after World War II that lobster became considered a delicacy and a food associated with the aristocratic classes.
10. Hares are born with fur and can see whilst rabbits are born ‘naked’ and blind.
