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You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!

Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
Keepers of the vine
  • The honeymoon was originally the period of time during which a husband had to hide his new wife – until her family got bored looking for her and gave up.
  • Your brain weighs about one and a half kilos, is the size of a large grapefruit, looks like a walnut and feels like cold oatmeal. (Please don’t forget this.)
  • The average male prawn lives for just two years, fathering approximately 36 million happy, healthy baby prawns. 
  • Although Shakespeare apparently never set foot in Italy, he set many of his plays there. 
  • Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name, freely translated, works out as … well, to put it politely … “lots and lots of excrement”.
  • Pearls dissolve in vinegar. (Please don’t try this at home!)
  • As an adult, you have about 100 billion neurons (nerve cells) in your brain.
  • Many years ago, pub frequenters in England had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. Which inspired the phrase, “Wet your whistle …”
  • Around 4% of kids who read this list will try dissolving their mother’s pearls in vinegar. Oh dear.
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