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Things You Probably Don’t Know But Should

By: Nick Monks If you are looking to make conversation at a party, you need some topics that get people chatting. Politics is an obvious choice, but odd little tidbits of information usually are less controversial. Here are a few that always work.

1. Meaning of Horse Statutes – Statutes of people on horses carry a hidden meaning. If the horse has both front feet in the air, the person died in battle. One leg means they died after the battle from wounds. No legs means they died of natural causes.

2. Think the longest word in the English language is supercalofragilistic? Nope. Not even close. The longest word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. This whopper of a word is the name for a lung disease. Imagine catching it and then being unab

3. When you hear people talk about gemstones, they always talk about the clarity of the stones. In truth, there is only one gem that is pure. Yep, only one. It is the diamond. It is made of carbon and only carbon. No word on whether it contributes to global

4. Italian Barbie Dolls – There are a lot of people in Canada. If you agree, you will probably be amazed to know there are more Barbie Dolls in Italy than there are Canadians!

5. Cats and Your Pregnancy – In our modern society, most women will go in for an ultrasound to find out about the health of their baby in the womb. No need. Get a cat. Cats can here ultrasound waves. One meow is good…

6. Philippine Flag Colors – The Philippine people have an interesting flag. Why? Well it changes colors. The top is blue during peace and red during war.

7. Crazy Koala Bears – Think of Australia and you see those crazy Koala bears. They are truly odd. For instance, they do not drink water, but get fluid from the leaves they eat. They also do not have any known predator.

8. Vodka Warmth in Russia – Why do Russians drink so much vodka? To keep warm. They say it keeps you warm on the inside while you are cold on the outside.

9. Voltaire and Coffee - Voltaire was one of the great thinkers of his time. So, how did he stay so motivated? He drank up to 50 cups of coffee a day. Heck, it is surprising he didn’t come up with more!!!

10. Korean Kids – Is there a difference between living conditions in North and South Korea? You decide – the average six year old in South Korea is three inches taller than the same child in North Korea.

The world of strange and interesting facts is bountiful. The above only represent a very small number of the millions of things that will make you raise your eyebrows. Given all the oddities, it is truly hard to argue life is boring and straightforward!