“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, today’s selection of facts includes sweaty palms and underarms.
You may be surprised by these and some of the other offerings below.
Enjoy.
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A person can only remember
four things at a time.
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And speaking of four,
of the four smokestacks on the Titanic,
only three were real working chimneys,
the fourth was totally for decoration only.
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Palm sweat can be triggered by two separate things,
your body trying to control its temperature
or trying to cope with emotional stress,
both of which are closely linked.
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In July of 1518 a woman began to
dance in the street in Stasbourg.
She was eventually joined by about 400 dancers.
It’s not clear exactly how many people died
due to this ‘dancing plague’, but some
definitely died from heart attack,
stroke or exhaustion.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
and the last one still in existence.
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In his entire career (so far) James Bond
has been shot at 4,662 times.
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The blue whale has the largest heart
weighing over 1,500 pounds.
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Although polar bears are usually born on land,
they spend most of their time at sea.
Their scientific name Ursus Maritimus
means ‘maritime bear’.
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When a person gets right to the precise point
or says something that is verified as correct it is
often said that they have ‘hit the nail on the head’.
The exact origin of the phrase is not known,
but it appeared for the first time in print in
1438 in The Book of Margery Kempe.
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7,000 deaths occur each year because
of doctors’ sloppy handwriting.
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According to the Australian census,
Melbourne has the largest Greek population
outside Greece with over 150,000 people
being of Greek origin, which technically
makes Melbourne the sixth biggest city
in terms of Greek population.
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The sweat from a man’s underarm
can help women relax,
boost their mood and
help regulate their menstrual cycle,
if applied to her lips.
There you are ladies, now you know.
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Mongol fleets tried to conquer Japan
twice in 7 years, but both times
they were stopped by a typhoon.
These events were described as
Kamikaze or ‘Divine Wind’.
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
both died on July 4th
on the 50th Anniversary of
the Declaration of Independence.
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Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is
the most watched YouTube video ever
with nearly 2.2 billion views and counting.
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