Get to know top 10 unknown but interesting facts, that maybe you never knew!
1.
Hydra is an aquatic living creature that never dies. It keeps on regenerating, replacing its cells with fresh ones.
2.
When Elizabeth I of Russia died in 1762, there were atleat 15,000 dresses in her closets.
3.
When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.
4.
If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. While, if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
5.
Boxing is the only sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the winner until the contest ends.
6.
- King of Spades: David, King of Israel from the Old Testament
- King of Clubs: Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia
- King of Hearts: Charlemagne, King of France
- King of Diamonds: Roman Caesar Augustus/Julius Caesar
The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
7.
Ancient pagan cultures, such as the Celts, believed that benevolent and helpful spirits lived in trees. Knocking on tree trunks roused a spirit for protection, which led to the saying “knock on wood.
8.
Sir Isaac Newton believed he was potentially part of a line of great men to receive great and ancient wisdom. He even created a special name for himself “Jehovah Sanctus Unus,” or “to Jehovah, the Holy One.”
9.
Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. By age 70, humans lose an average of 105 pounds of skin.
10.
The bulletproof vest was actually invented by a pizza delivery guy from Detroit USA, after he was shot twice on the job.
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