SNAKES CAN PREDICT EARTHQUAKES.
If it’s a big one, they can start behaving extremely erratically and smash their heads against walls.
Snakes really hate earthquakes.
YOU SPEND FOUR MONTHS OF YOUR LIFE WAITING AT RED LIGHTS.
The average red light runs anywhere between 60 and 90 seconds.
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES IS ONLY 2.4 MILES.
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SALT WAS SO VALUABLE IN ANCIENT TIMES THAT IT WAS USED AS CURRENCY.
The word “salary” comes from the Latin word “salarium,” which was the allowance of salt given to Roman soldiers as part of
THE OLDEST LIVING TREE IN THE WORLD IS IN CALIFORNIA.
It is a pine named Methuselah, and is over 4,800 years old.
THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS ON MARS.
Olympus Mons is three times taller than Everest, and roughly the width of France.
THE WORLD’S FIRST NEWSPAPER ORIGINATED IN CHINA.
It dates back to 740 CE.
THE LARGEST ORGANISM IN THE WORLD IS A FUNGUS THAT COVERS OVER 2,200 ACRES.
It is located in Oregon, and is anywhere from 2,400 to 8,650 years old.
HINDUISM IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST SURVIVING RELIGION.
It is over 4,000 years old, and is currently the third largest religion behind Christianity and Islam.
APPLE SEEDS ARE POISONOUS.
Amygdalin is a compound found in apple seeds, and it is poisonous to humans. However, it would take around 40 apples to produce enough seeds for a fatal dose.
THE OLDEST KNOWN DOOR IN EUROPE WAS UNEARTHED IN SWITZERLAND.
Tree rings suggest the door was made in 3063 BCE – around the time of Stonehenge.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 100,000 HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD.
Blonde people average the most amount of hair, while redheads average the least.
A POPPED CHAMPAGNE CORK CAN TRAVEL UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.
The reason for this is that the pressure inside a bottle of champagne is around three times that of an average car tire.
FIGS ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST FRUIT CULTIVATED BY HUMANS.
They were introduced to our agriculture systems over 11,000 years ago.
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