80 COOL, FUNNY AND INTERESTING FACTS PAGE 4
61. Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.
62. When you kiss, 200 million germs per second are passed between mouths. Now that’s sharing.
63. Female pandas raise cubs on their own (the male leaves after mating).
64. Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm and happy.
65. William Shakespeare’s wife was Anne Hathaway. Don’t how she survived for so long.
66. The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds!
67. Your brain comes out to play at night: You’d thing that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But its not. Your brain is more active when you sleep.
68. If it isn’t moving a frog can’t see it. If the frog can’t see it, he won’t eat it. On the other hand toads only eat moving prey.
69. In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes. It’s fine if they only extract methane!
70. India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17thcentury.
71. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother. They were both deaf.
72. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
73. The first “puck” ever used in a professional hockey game was a frozen piece of cow dung.
74. Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king; this custom has become the modern military salute.
75. As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing, the rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.
76. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.
77. The word “mortgage” comes from a French word that means “death contract”.
78. There’s a species of fish called “Slippery Dick”.
79. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
80. The American secret service tried to spike Hitler’s food with female hormones to feminize him.
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