Fun Facts -17 June 2015

– It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's Father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon. 

– Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. ''Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. 

– Humans can likely survive exposure to the near vacuum of space for up to 90 seconds.

– Sharks can live to be 100.

– The flame from a match looks the way it does because of gravity. Hotter gases form the tongue and can fight the force of gravity better than the cooler gases on the sides.

– Technically, the colour of a mirror is slightly green.

– Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed, based on the orbit of Uranus.

– Playing video games has been shown to improve multitasking skills for individuals aged between 60-85.

– 99 per cent of all the energy produced in Norway is clean and renewable.

– Your body contains enough carbon to fill 9000 pencils.

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