#1 Did you know?

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Written by Dorcas

Learn fun facts!!!😄

✓ In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig😯.

✓ Bananas 🍌are curved because they grow towards the sun🌞. They go through a process called ‘ negative geotropism ‘ and also grow against gravity giving them their curved shape.

✓ Crows can hold grudges against specific individual people 😯😂as they can easily distinguish humans apart from each other. This is know as The Crow Paradox.

✓ Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is actually the fear of long words🤔. I can’t even pronounce the word 😂

✓ If u lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop cause they use their tails for balance whilst hopping.

✓ During your lifetime, you can produce enough saliva to fill 2 swimming pools. Am average person produces 1-2 litres of saliva each day, which is a maximum of 730 litres per year. The average life expectancy is just 70 years, which gives a maximum of 51,000 litres of saliva produced in a lifetime.

✓ The word y’all dates back to 1631. It was first used by English Scholar William Lisle when he wrote ‘ The captive men of strength I gave to you; the weaker sold; and this y’all know is true.

✓ The blob of toothpaste that sits on your toothbrush has a name. It’s called a nurdle.

✓ German chocolate cake is named after a guy named Sam German, not the country.

✓ The last letter added to the English alphabet wasn’t Z, it was J😯.

✓ The U.S supreme court has it own private basketball court with an amazing nickname ‘ The highest court in the land ‘.

✓ The British royal family isn’t allowed to play monopoly.

✓ Lego is the largest tire manufacturer in the world.

✓ Three U.S presidents; John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe all died on July 4. Both Adams and Jefferson died the same year in 1826 while Monroe died 1831. Coincidence??🤔

✓ Canada is south of Detroit.

✓ The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts from willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9,1959 when she was first displayed at the new York toy fair.

✓ The four corners is the only spot in the U.S where you can stand in 4 States at once ; Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.