Fun Facts – 25 May 2016

– The medical term for ice cream headaches is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.
– Sleeping through winter is hibernation, while sleeping through summer is estivation.
– Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive. Researchers hoping to view them must sign a disclaimer.
– In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real person, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.
– The name Jessica was created by Shakespeare in the play Merchant of Venice.
– When asked if he knew the speed of sound, Einstein said he “didn’t carry such information in my mind since it’s readily available in books.”
– The American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-V handbook classifies caffeine withdrawal as a mental disorder.
– Eating a teaspoon of sugar after having something spicy, can help neutralize the burning sensation.
– Elephant babies can suck on their trunks the way human babies suck their thumbs.
– There is 10 times more bacteria in your body than actual body cells.