HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THESE FACTS ?

Morning and Assalamualaikum, may peace be with us all..

Started the day with big hopes, and wishes everything is going to fall out into place, just like what has been written for each one of us by the Most Beautiful Writer of Occurences :]

Someone told me something yesterday, and I didn't instantly buy it because i thought it was a joke. But then curiosity came over so I decided to Google the news. It is true, and I am glad it is. Way to go mister governor :]

I'll go directly into the post of the day. Been thinking of posting a list of random facts which most of us may only find out by the time they're being read. So do enjoy..

- Did you know that the first owner of Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of Lung Cancer? Maybe it's the work of cause and effect theory. 

- There is an active ingredient called Sodium Fluoride in toothpaste (even kids' toothpaste!) which can be harmful for us. The lightest effect starts from stomach problem or even worse than that. Ingesting too much of this can result on poisoning, thus it is better to only use a pea-size amount of toothpaste each time you clean your teeth.

- Mona Lisa had no eyebrows. 

spooky

- Without coloring, Coca Cola is actually green. Yikes. Thank goodness I am not a big fan of soda. 

- Camels have three eyelids to protect their eyes from the desert sand.

- The strongest muscle in human body is the tongue. Not only that, our tongue is the most dangerous body part since with our tongue, we can spread lies, we can gossip about others, we can mock and insult others, we can cause other people to do horrible things to us because of the bad words/jokes we say to others.

- Buttermilk doesn't contain any butter. It is made by culturing milk, and sometimes made with skim milk. 

- Cucumber is 96% water with some nutrients but no calories. 

- A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall kid inside. 

oh my

- A single drop of water contains one hundred billion billion atoms. Masya Allah, praise Allah.

- Australia is a major exporter of camels.

- Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. Should I want to give it a try as my new losing-weight method? Nah.

- Bees have five eyes.

- Catholic Popes who died during sex: Leo VII (936-9) died of a heart attack, John VII (955-64) was bludgeoned to death by the husband of the woman he was with at the time, John XIII (965-72) was also murdered by a jealous husband, Pope Paul II (1467-71) allegedly died while being sodomized by a page boy. Seriously?? click this link if you're curious.

- Crocodiles can snap their jaws in 1/8th of a second and can use over 40 sets of teeth. Ouch, it must hurt like it really hurts when they bite.

- Jaguars are frightened by dogs.

- Muhammad is the most common first name in the world. (Peace be upon Rasoulullah).

- Rubbing cocoa butter on your skin during pregnancy will prevent stretchmarks.

- The Catholic Church only declared in 1992 that the earth may go round the sun. ?

- The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters. 

- The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.

- The only big cat that doesn't roar is a Jaguar.

- Indonesia the country with the biggest Muslim population - more than 200.000.000.

- A blue whale's tongue is about the size and weight of a fully grown African elephant.

- Scorpions glow blue/green under UV ray.

- Cleopatra Stratan, a child/singer is paid for 1000 Euros per song.

- Chocolate contains more antioxidants than green tea! Now that is news. :)

- Honeybees communicate with one another by "dancing".

- The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia      Britannica.

- Blondes have more hair.

- The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.

- During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Yikes.

Well, I guess that's all :) have a good day

Tmelania