Reading Time: 2 minutes There are a great many people who are dwarfs. Dwarfism is caused by a genetic disorder and is not treatable. There are many different types of dwarfism, with some causing the body to stop growing at an extremely early age. Read about the shortest man here and woman here. A typical dwarf is someone who …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland, has never formally been recognized as a saint by a Pope. The reason no Pope has formally recognized him as a saint is because he has never been canonised by a Pope. The process of canonisation is the one in which a deceased person is included …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that the shape of freely falling raindrops is not like a tear drop? You wont guess what it is shaped like either. Think of the image of a raindrop and the shape you picture will most likely be that of a tear shaped drop. We come about shaping this image from our life experiences. We …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you read a fact that bats always turn left when they leave a cave? It’s a truly remarkable fact when you think about it. For an animal to know the difference between left and right, or to have a distinct preference for one direction over the other. But it does obviously raise several questions. …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes What are the number of spiders eaten in your sleep every year? We will try to shed a little light on this often heard of fact, and point out that it’s utterly and completely false. There’s an often quoted factoid that circulates on the internet that says the average person will eat eight spiders in their …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2002, Saddam Hussein chose Whitney Houston’s famous song, “I Will Always Love You,” as his campaign song. OK, we know. I Will Always Love You wasn’t exactly Whitney Houston’s song. It was originally the brain child of Dolly Parton, but the cover performed by Houston for The Bodyguard is perhaps the best known, and arguably …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Why? I mean…. How??? Who could???? Why??? Why oh why oh why? I can’t get my head around this. The late co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs used to soak his feet in a toilet. I mean, I know the reason he did it, that is, I know his reason why he soaked his feet in …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Why doesn’t coffee taste like it smells? This is a fairly honest question if I must say so myself. After all, the aroma of the drink that many of enjoy in the morning is about as enticing a smell that you can find. But take a sip out of a cup and boy are you …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scorpions glow in the dark. I don’t know if this fact is either creepy or awesome or both. Scorpions are the creature of nightmares. Along with spiders and snakes, they rank as among the creepiest of creepy creatures on this third rock from the sun. Often used as a prop in intense scenes in B grade Hollywood …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nintendo, one of the worlds leading game console manufacturers originally made and sold playing cards, but that isn’t all they did. They had a sordid, forgotten past that very few people even know about. Nintendo were involved in illegal gambling, Adultography and even prostitution. Their involvement in these activities ran up until the late 1970’s. …
