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You ain't gonna believe this!

You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!

Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
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  • In 1980 a Norwegian was fined for being intoxicated while operating a vacuum cleaner. 
  • Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour – just over half a kilo each year. By 70 years of age, the average person loses 48kgs of skin.
  • There are more nerve-connections (synapses) in your poor tired brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.  
  • Baked beans aren’t baked.
  • Penguins can swim faster than the fastest man can run.
  • A burger-with-fries has the same calories as seven slices of lean beef and five baked potatoes.
  • Cat’s urine glows under a blacklight.
  • In 1980 a Norwegian was fined for being intoxicated while operating a vacuum cleaner. 
  • There’s a banyan tree in Kolkata, India, that covers more land than your average supermarket.
  • A crocodile can’t stick out its tongue – it’s attached to the roof of its mouth.
  • Slugs have four noses.
  • 3% of the people who read this list will attempt to count the noses on a nearby slug. 
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