Trivia

  • Scientists suggest, the reason why it's so hard to get someone out of your mind is because they're thinking about you as well.
  • Couples who lived together before they were engaged have higher divorce rates than those who waited until they were married.
  • Brazil has the highest murder rate in the world with about 45,000 murders a year.
  • Avocado, raspberries, tomato, onions, garlic, peanuts, spinach, lemons and limes are the healthiest food.
  • 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
  • The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
  • Fideism is an epistemological theory which maintains that faith is independent of reason, or that reason and faith are hostile to each other and faith is superior at arriving at particular truths. The word fideism comes from fides, the Latin word for faith, and literally means 'faith-ism'.
  • 'Pistanthrophobia' is the fear of trusting people due to negative past experiences.
  • A jellyfish tentacle can still sting even if it is separated from the jellyfish's body.
  • The Spanish word for 'wife' (esposa) also means handcuffs (esposas)!
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