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 Did you know that "You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.  Its impossible to commit suicide by holding your breath because when holding your breath eventually you have a reflex of a deep exhalation to get stagnant gasses out of your lungs such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen. Even if you can force yourself to overcome this reflex you would eventually pass out from lack of oxygen to your brain. After passing out you would begin breathing as normal and after a few seconds or minutes wake up again.                  ©worldfacts21          

 In Saudi Arabia, a woman has a legal ‘grounds’ for divorce if her husband fails to bring her fresh coffee every morning. Apparently, they really need that caffeine. 2. Hong Kong According to ancient Chinese law, in Hong Kong, it is legal for a woman to murder her husband if he is caught cheating. There’s a catch for the scorned wife though, she can only kill him with her bare hands. No weapons. 3. Samoa In Samoa, it is technically legal for a woman to file for a divorce if her other half forgets her birthday. TBF, that would be quite insulting. 4. Scotland In Scotland (up until 1939) if a woman wanted to pursue it, a man would legally have to marry a woman after sleeping with her. But the Scottish Marriage Act brought with it nights of no strings attached pleasure. 5. Kansas In Kansas, a woman can file for a divorce if her husband fails to get on with her mother. Mum’s the word, mother knows best, etc. 6. Kuwait In Kuwait, according to an ancient law, a ...

Did you know that "Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make single bone.                        © wolrdfacts21

 Did you know 64% of World's Extreme Poor Live in Just 5 Countries: India, China, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Congo.   Of the world’s 736 million extreme poor in 2015, 368 million—half of the total—lived in just 5 countries. The 5 countries with the highest number of extreme poor are (in descending order): India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh. They also happen to be the most populous countries of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the two regions that together account for 85 percent (629 million) of the world’s poor. Therefore, to make significant continued progress towards the global target of reducing extreme poverty (those living on less than $1.90 a day) to less than 3 percent by 2030, large reductions in poverty in these five countries will be crucial.                     © Worldfacts21

 Did you know the Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain, but the project was rejected.   on May 6, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was opened to the public.  The  Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be in Barcelona. But thinking the thing would end up looking like an eyesore, the city rejected Gustave Eiffel's plans, and he was forced to repitch the project elsewhere. Luckily, Eiffel found a home for his idea in Paris, where the Tower could serve as the main archway for the 1889 International Exposition. Amazingly, the Tower didn't exactly go over well with the Parisians, either. The enormous iron structure was immediately belittled by critics, and one especially harsh reviewer referred to the thing as a "metal asparagus." Truth be told, the Eiffel Tower wasn't supposed to stay up for very long. In fact, it was offered for sale as scrap and was spared only because it proved useful to the French army. (They found that its 984-foo...

  Did you know that "In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens her mother must be in the room to witness the act.                          # Worldfacts21

 Did you know that "The banana tree cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.   The reason the bananas we eat don’t have seeds is that they are all sterile. A long time ago the Cavendish bananas first came into being when a tetraploid banana (that is a plant that has four copies of every chromosome instead of the normal two) mated with a normal diploid banana. The result, a banana with three copies of every chromosome couldn’t mate or produce seeds. One of the steps in making reproductive cells (the analog of human sperm and egg cells) is the even dividing of a plant’s chromosomes into two reproductive cells.* Normal diploid cells can easily divide into two cells (one copy of each chromosome in each cell), tetraploid plants can divide the same way (two copies of each chromosome in each cell). Hexaploid, three copies in each and so on. Odd numbers of chromosomes don’t work. The plants can’t successfully make the cells it needs t...

   Did you know that "The warmest sea in the world is the Red Sea, where temperatures range from 68 degrees to 87.8 degrees F depending upon which part you measure.  The Red Sea has several characteristics not seen in other oceans: extremely warm temperatures, high evaporation, and odd circulation, including currents that change in summer and winter. (Natalie Renier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)                                 # Worldfacts21

 Did you know that "Semen contains small amounts of more than thirty elements, including fructose, ascorbic acid, cholesterol, creatine, citric acid, lactic acid, nitrogen, vitamin B12, and various salts and enzymes.   Semen contains small amounts of more than thirty elements, including fructose, ascorbic acid, cholesterol, creatine, citric acid, lactic acid, nitrogen, vitamin B12, and various salts and enzymes. Let's go back to the inside of the head of the sperm. All normal cells have 46 chromosomes but sperm have half that number or, 23. If and when the sperm joins ups with the female's, egg (ovum) which also has 23 chromosomes, together they add up to 46 chromosomes. The middle section controls the sperms activities. The sperm or (spermatozoa -- which are the little swimming critters) make up only about 5% of what a man ejaculates each time he ejaculates. This represents about 100 to 400 million of them! Therefore, they are very, very tiny, in fact a singl...

 Did you know that "A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. Dragonflies have large compound eyes , which is their main sense organ . They have four strong transparent wings, and a long body. Dragonflies are usually found around lakes , ponds , streams and wetlands . They are predators which eat mosquitoes , and other small insects such as flies , bees , ants, and butterflies . Their larvae, known as 'nymphs', are aquatic . Dragonflies have been around for 300 million years. In the Carboniferous period, some species had wingspans of over 2 ft (61 cm ).                                # Worldfacts21

 Did you know that "US Dollars are not made out of paper, they are made out of cotton.  According to the Bur eau of Engraving and Printing , US paper currency is made up of 75% cotton and 25% linen. That is, there are three-fourths of a pound of cotton in each pound of dollar bills.                                    # worldfacts21  subscribe to this blog to get notification each time new post is uploaded.

Did you know that "A medical study conducted in Pennsylvania showed that people who have sex once or twice a week have their immune systems boosted slightly.  Psychologists Carl Charnetski, Ph.D., and Francis Brennan, Jr., Ph.D., asked 111 college students (44 men, 67 women) their frequency of partner sex: none, less than once a week, once or twice a week, or three or more times a week. Then the students provided saliva samples. Saliva contains immunoglobulin A (IgA), the body's first line of defense against cold viruses. The more IgA in your saliva, the less likely you are to catch colds. The once-or-twice-a-week group had the highest levels of IgA, and enjoyed the most protection from colds. This group had 30 percent more IgA than the two groups who had less frequent sex and the group that had sex more often (too much of a good thing).                            #worldfacts21

 Did you know that "Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it is buried in the ground for thousands of years."  Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin : aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In its purest form, it is a bright , slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable , and ductile metal . Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element . It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks , in veins, and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum ) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium ( gold tellurides ).                     ...

 Did you know that "In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog!  India , country that occupies the greater part of South Asia. It is a constitutional republic consisting of 29 states, each with a substantial degree of control over its own affairs; 6 less fully empowered union territories; and the Delhi national capital territory, which includes New Delhi , India’s capital. With roughly one-sixth of the world’s total population, India is the second most-populous country, after China .                             # Worldfacts21

Did you know that "There are 50 million abortions performed every year world-wide. An estimated 40% of those are performed illegally.                                     # worldfacts21 Follow us on twitter @Worldfacts21

 Did you know that "Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday. # Worldfacts21

Did you know three layers are present in the atmosphere of the sun.  The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma , with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process . It is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth. Its diameter is about 1.39 million kilometers (864,000 miles), or 109 times that of Earth, and its mass is about 330,000 times that of Earth. It accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.                                   # Worldfacts21 Roughly three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen (~73%); the rest is mostly helium (~25%), with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen , carbon , neon , and iron

Did you know Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women! #Worldfacts21

in 1903, unbreakable or bulletproof glass was invented by the French chemist Edouard Benedictus. As is the way with most great inventions, his discovery was made quite by accident. He was on a ladder reaching for something on a high shelf when he knocked a glass flask to the ground. # Worldfacts21

  In 2002, a 15-year-old boy, inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. An office room was damaged, and he was the only one who died.                       # Worldfacts21