I am finally back to my blog after an absence of one year. In order to make a good start, i thought to publish some interesting facts that i collected from http://www.funfactz.com/.
Enjoy them!
1) At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath the mistletoe tree. In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That may account for the custom of "kissing beneath the mistletoe".- One reason more to buy mistletoe, although i am not sure if i can find one in Albania :s
2) One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.- I still find it impossible to find somebody online and decide to share ur entire life with him, boo
3) While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.- Technology improving...
4)10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka-Like it..
5)In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.- Dislike it...
6)Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world- Maybe we should live there :-p
7)A recent study at Harvard has shown that eating chocolate can actually help you live longer!-Vive le chocolade!
8)Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts-Thanks to God, neither coconuts nor sharks in Albania :D
9)Coffee drinkers have sex more frequently than non-coffee drinkers-Hmmm..
10)Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan!-...and it can cost up $1 in Albania..
11)23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts- Are they doing the same in my company?!
12)It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.- So smile people!
13)In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon-..and it is the opposite in young people :)
14)While 7 men in 100 have some form of color blindness, only 1 woman in 1,000 suffers from it.-..not only color blindness!!!
15)The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.-Why would u name it like that then?!
16)The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof- smart :)
17)The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'
18)Women have a slightly higher average IQ than men- true, true, true :)
19)Collect seven or nine different flowers on midsummer eve and place them under your pillow and it is said that you will dream of your future spouse. (Sweden)- I have to wait for summer :S
20)A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.- Hmmm, now that i think i have a stuffy nose :))
Monday, December 7, 2009
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