2. No animal, once frozen solid, survives when thawed because ice crystals formed inside cells would break open the cell membranes
3. On 15 April 1912, the RMS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years EARLIER, a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to predict the disaster.
The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night.
The name of Robertson’s fictional ship was the Titan!
4. On a US one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1” encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
5. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers; they saw them as a competition. It is not as chemically addictive as nicotine, alcohol or caffeine
6. Pearls melt in vinegar
7. Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
8. Soda water does not contain soda
9. Spain, literally, means the “Land of rabbits”.
10. Every person has a unique tongue print
11. The “vintage date” on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
12. Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the US.
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