Interesting fact:
Big Major Cay, also know as Pig Beach or Pig Island, is an island in the Bahamas inhabited by swimming pigs
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Interesting fact:
Big Major Cay, also know as Pig Beach or Pig Island, is an island in the Bahamas inhabited by swimming pigs
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I wanted to tell you about the interesting Wada test (I REALLY want to experience having half of my brain asleep!!)
Anyways, I found an interesting fact about Sodium Thiopental, a common anaesthetic we use, especially in emergencies.
Apparently, it's also called the Truth Serum. They say that lying is more complex than telling the truth, so what happens when giving a small dose of Thiopental is that only the higher cortical functions are suppressed causing the person unable to lie. This is obviously very unreliable as no formal study has been done to determine the adequate dose for truth-telling...
Also, it's being used in America (not exactly sure if Newscientist is reliable)
Though his thick Austrian accent and slow speech patterns led some to believe that the Austrian Oak was shy a few leaves, he was, in fact, a highly motivated and intelligent young man.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in business and economics, he invested his contest earnings in real estate and a mail-order bodybuilding equipment company. A millionaire before the age of 22, Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to try acting.
Interesting Facts Of The Day:
1. You are more likely to have a bad dream in a cold room
2. Men have erections about every hour and a half while sleeping
3. You could remove the stomach, the spleen, one kidney, 80% of the intestines and 75% of the liver and still be able to survive
4. The average person farts about 14 times a day
5. A "buttload" is actually a measure of volume. One buttload equals 126 US gallons, which is the equvalent of about 477 litres.
Some Interesting Facts:
1. About 75,000 teddy bears are left behind in hotels every year.
2. A “geep” is a cross between a goat and a sheep.
3. “Lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
4. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.
5. If birds were able to sweat, they wouldn’t be able to fly.
TIL I'm above average.
Like I'll ever remember that word to use when I can't remember words..![]()
50 Interesting Facts About South Africa
http://www.larktours.com/50-interest...t-south-africa
1. Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world.
2. The world is divided into six floral kingdoms. All these kingdoms encompass several countries, and in some cases, several continents. South Africa, which has a floral kingdom wholly contained within the country, is the one exception. The Cape Floral Kingdom has 9,600 plant species, 70% of which are not found anywhere else in the world.
3. Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.
4. South Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the world.
5. South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
6. Kruger National Park supports the greatest variety of wildlife species on the African continent.
7. South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique are tearing down fences between the countries' game parks to create a 13,500 square mile game park, which will become the largest conservation area in the world. It will be bigger than Switzerland, Belgium or Taiwan.
8. South Africa has a penguin colony, which thrives thanks to the cold Antarctic currents on the west coast near the Cape.
9. South Africa is rated 3rd in the world in supplying safe, drinkable tap water.
10. The Palace of the Lost City resort hotel is the largest theme resort hotel in the world as well as the largest building project undertaken in the southern hemisphere.
“Well, if you see anything crawl out of the sea and try to breathe, you could try telling it not to bother.”