Facts/Oddities. Brain Teasers ~ Puzzles ~ Trivia ~ Play Free Games Online - Carnival Trick. SUPERSTITIONS. 5o Amazing but useless facts! Completely Useless, Yet Interesting, Facts Collection. This is a web site of all the useless facts, cool trivia, and interesting information that have been collected from various sources over the past few years.
True to its name, most of the facts are useless, but many of them may actually help you in the future. Random Facts Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery. When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis. The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits. Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US President whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal". 20 Weird Superstitions. According to the dictionary, Superstition is an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear.
There are superstitions for almost all aspects of our daily lives and most have unknown origins. Sometimes they are logical (for example, don’t walk under a ladder) but most of the time they are ridiculous. Some people can become controlled by their superstitions (such as the fear of walking on cracks) which is very unhealthy. Here is a list of 20 weird superstitions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Random Facts. If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19.
You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
Superstitions Old Wives Tales Beliefs & Misconceptions A-L. Superstitions: old wives tales, folklore, bizarre beliefs, taboos, omens, lucky & unlucky things Superstitions A - L recommended: Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions 101 American Superstitions : Understanding Language and Culture through Superstitions Sheer Superstition: Outmaneuvering Fate Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions Curious Customs and Bizarre Beliefs Around the World Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time.
Amazing Eye Facts. Eyes detect light and allow us to see.
The crystalline lens is charged with the focusing of the light and its refraction index (between 19 and 38 dioptres) is adjusted by the ciliary muscles. When we look at a remote object, the crystalline relaxes and flattens. When looking at a close object, the crystalline turns convex. Human eye can detect 10 million colour hues, but cannot see ultraviolet or infra red light. Insects can see the ultraviolet light. it keeps the front surface of the eye smooth so the vision is clear Human eye can detect 10 million color hues, but cannot see ultraviolet or infrared light. Your eyes blinks over 27,397 times in a days The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams. Under the right conditions, the human eye can see the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles. The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.
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