Fun Facts – 08 April 2015

– Horses are as good as bloodhounds in tracking people

– People think more rationally in their second language and make better choices.

– Many ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their typical depiction. That was likely due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey.

– Louisiana is the only state that has a license for florists. The state’s florist exam once had a failure rate almost twice as high as the Louisiana bar exam.

– During WWII, there was an Allied plan to smuggle estrogen into Hitler’s food so he would become more feminine and less aggressive.

– Smoking in the presence of a child is considered physical abuse in Latvia.

– The concrete used to make the Hoover Dam is still curing to this day.

– April 1st was originally celebrated as the New Year day, until in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calender to replace the old one. Those who continued celebrating the New Year on April 1st (either rebels or ignorant of the new changes) were thus branded ‘Fools’.

– There is an inscription at the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Japan meant to last 10,000 years, warning future civilizations of the danger lurking below the mountain.

– In 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact that the moon is drifting farther away