10 weird facts about the world that will blow your mind
14/12/2018
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In Japan, it's possible to adopt an adult. Dead people can get goosebumps. You are more likely to become the President than to win the lottery. Read on to learn more weird and hilarious facts about the world.
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Special grapes were bred by a group of plant breeders from California. It can become a wonderful and healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth!
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Adults are even adopted more often than children! Annually, 80,000 people are adopted in Japan, and 90% of them are males in their 20s and 30s. Adult adoption is done for various reasons, for example, to establish inheritance rights.
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Written language created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, was the first one (circa 3200 BC).
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According to another theory, even a sugar cube would be enough.
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The anthem had lyrics in the past, but they are no longer used.
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Such a reaction is caused by the rigor mortis, which occurs as soon as 4 hours after death. It make the muscles of the body stiffen. As the hair follicles retract, the raised bumps appear.
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It's called a lunar rainbow or a "moonbow". Its formation is exactly the same as for a solar rainbow, but it looks white. Anyway, the 7 colors may be seen in long exposure photographs.
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In a letter to his friend, he called this work "a torture" and compared himself to "a cat hunched up in Lombardy".
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37 Comments
brianstratton
I've had the cotton candy 🍇 and they are WONDERFUL !! VERY tasty and smell very much like the candy.
As far as the Sistine Chapel, I've had the pleasure of seeing it several times and in my humble opinion, Michelangelo got ripped off by the pope and church elders. That place is beyond all human comprehension. There are no words to describe the experience. Utterly stunning.
Joy Holbrook
My favourite was the fact that half of those who ever reached the age of 65 are alive today.
David Smith
How many US president's has there been in the last 50 years and how many lottery winners has there been in the same time. Obviously more chance of winning the lottery, but both very very slim.
John Woods
It surprised me that the empty space in atoms could be used for any purpose. I had thought it was required so that the elements within could rotate.
Andy Anderson
Unfortunately I don’t understand what atoms are .
mldopeydoc
I really like de fact about an apple, atoms, & the world population
bina sarmah
I am not going to be president, so there is no way I will win lottery.
Melissa Payne
Only knew a few of them...fascinating!
Glenis Nichols
I'm not surprised about Micelangelo's discomfort, it must have been excessive, what surprises me is how he could make such beautiful pictures in that position.
David Holmes
Richard Perkins, I read it years ago and would like to read it again.
Dana Marie Jager
I have had the cotton candy flavored grapes; they are wonderful.
Dani Smith
Diane Thompson, today we have antibiotics and various protections which caused early death years ago. We have modern technology which, years ago, was viewed as witchcraft. Today it saves lives.
Amar Dhillon
Very interesting. Specially no 6.
Douglas Oaten
I knew #7
Great info!
George Oliver Prince
always like new facts
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Tous les dialectes ont évolué avec des sustrats locaux.
Les constellations du zodiaque sont-elles vraiment fixées ?
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Elles ne sont pas plus fixes que les autres.
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Il n'existe pas d'ondes "naturelles" ou "artificielles".
Pourquoi les poissons ne meurent-ils pas lorsque l'eau est frappée par la foudre ?
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Lorsque l'on se baigne et qu'on aperçoit un orage arriver deux choix s'offrent à nous: sortir de l'eau ou nager très profondément.
Comment se fait-il que les peuples orientaux aient des yeux en amande ?
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