Thought for the dayFun fact Friday

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females Billy goats, or bucks is the name given to male goats. Generally they urinate on themselves in late summer through the Autumn, and for humans, it’s not a pleasant smell. Now guys I really wouldn’t recommend doing this if you’re trying to […]

King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe beside him! This wasn’t the only lethal weapon he owned. King Henry VIII had a huge collection of weapons, which included 6,500 handguns. Now, if you’re going through a workplace conflict, i’m not suggesting you take a leaf out of King Henry VIII’s book and start keeping […]

Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories. Personally I wouldn’t recommend it, because it might hurt and if anyone catches you, they may think you’re a little bonkers! Alternative ways to burn 150 calories per hour You could walk your dog for 45 minutes, which also burns 150 calories, and […]

Another Fun fact for a Friday! In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig. This law was introduced in 2008, because guinea pigs are herd animals and have ‘social rights’ and should have a companion. However, it is most unlikely that if you have two guinea pigs they will both die at […]

Did you know what sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other? This is a method mostly used by a mother and her pub to prevent them from separating. Other than holding hands, they may also wrap themselves in kelp to keep them drifting away! Message from this, […]

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. Our sense of taste is 80% made up of smell. If you were to blindfold yourself and plug your nose, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between these three foods.

In the 16th Century, Arab women could initiate a divorce if their husbands didn’t pour coffee for them. Today, this would be unheard of. However, back then, coffee was an integral part of Turkish society. So much so, that it was ‘grounds’ for divorce. No one knows why exactly this was acceptable, but the fact […]