Fun Facts – 17 December 2014

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– It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

– Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

– Horatio Nelson, one of England’s most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

– The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

– Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

– Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

– The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!

– One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

– The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man

– Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

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