I BET ´CHA DIDN’T KNOW…..
MOSQUITOES…..are more attracted….to people with smelly feet
LOS ANGELES….was the first major city…..to synchronize traffic lights…..to reduce congestion….right,…..and how’s that idea working out in the city today?
IN 1818……The US began building a fort near the New York/Quebec border to defend against invasions from Canada…..after two years of construction…..they realized the fort was actually on the Canadian side…..they abandoned it…..and named it…..Fort Blunder
THE SMELL OF FRESHLY CUT GRASS…..is actually a distress signal…..released by the grass….alerting other plants to the damage
LIVING WITH A VIEW OF WATER…..can make you calmer, happier…..and more creative
AFTER SEEING…..the Governor offered a $500 bounty for his arrest…..pirate Jean Lafitté retaliated…..by offering a $1,500 reward for the capture of the Governor
WHEN WYOMING….applied to join the US…..Congress said they would have to stop letting women vote…..their response;….. “We will remain out of the union one hundred years….rather than come in without the women”……they joined in 1890…..as the first and only state that allowed women to vote
THE NAVAJO…..have a tradition of celebrating a baby’s first laugh….after three months, babies are closely watched for their real giggle….the person who elicits the first laugh…..then throws them a party
POPSICLES…..were invented in 1905….by an 11-year-old who accidentally left some sugary mixture outside overnight…..and the stick he had used to stir the soda had frozen into the mixture….thus, the popsicle was born
IN 2019….when the city of Bhopal, India was drought-stricken…..the local priests conducted a marriage ceremony…..of two frogs to please the God of rain…..unfortunately, the frogs had to be divorced a couple months later…..due to the persistent rainfall that led to the destruction of more than 9,000 houses
CONSUMING DARK CHOCOLATE….has been found to improve brain function…..including memory and attention span…..due to its rich content of flavonoids
COUPLES…..who tease each other gently…..often have happier, stronger relationships
STUDIES SHOW…..that cats understand human commands…..but they don’t care to follow them
AIRPLANE PILOTS AND CO-PILOTS…..consume different meals…..to avoid simultaneous food poisoning
YOUR FINGERPRINT…..is not protected under the 5th amendment…..so police can force you to unlock your phone with a fingerprint….but not a password
SIR ROBERT WATSON-WATT…..the inventor of RADAR…..was caught speeding with a RADAR gun…..and reportedly said;…. “If I’d know what they were going to do with it….I would never have invented it”
CROWING FIRST….at dawn is a privilege…..granted to the highest ranking rooster
YOU CAN’T USUALLY….smell your own house (or perfume)…..because of a survival instinct called….. “olfactory adaptation”…..the brain is always looking for new, unusual….or changing smells as a sign of danger…..so it ignores smells that have become familiar
THE U.S. NAVY….contacted the Village People to use “In The Navy” in an advertising campaign for television and radio…..they gave the rights to the song for free…..on the condition that the Navy help them shoot a music video…..the Navy provided them with a warship, several aircraft…..and plenty of soldiers
THE HOTTEST….chili pepper in the world is so hot it could kill you….it’s called the Dragon Breath chili pepper
AND MY FAVORITE……
IN BIERTAN VILLAGE…. (located in Transylvania, Romania)……a church had a “divorce-reconciliation room”…..couples who wanted to get divorced had to live in that room for two weeks….with one small bed….one chair….one table….one plate….and one spoon….in 300 years…..they only had one divorce