A Fun and Informative Disarray of Factoids Daily--or Semi Daily--Various Sources:
10-19-2016
Babies that are 4-6 months old naturally know how to swim – this instinct after that time and they need to be re-taught. (Just borrow a 3-month-old from a mom and throw them in a pool. The mom will be so surprised!--Spank)
You get a song stuck in your head because your brain interprets the song as an unfinished task, especially if you remember one part ("In a Gada Da Vida Baby . . . whatever"--Spank)
Columbus did not believe that he found a new world. He even died believing that he found a new passage to India. He justified his claim by proposing that Earth was pear shaped and not spherical.
In Northern Ireland, police officers are distributing “scratch and sniff” cards that smell like weed in order to recruit public’s help in sniffing out the cannabis factories. (What is a "cannabis factory"?--Spank)
symbol of health care and health organizations, is composed of the rod of Hermes, encircled by snakes, and topped with wings. The background and history of it's use is too disorganized and long for IOP's readers, i.e., boring, so you can click on it if you want the whole story.
10-19-2016
Babies that are 4-6 months old naturally know how to swim – this instinct after that time and they need to be re-taught. (Just borrow a 3-month-old from a mom and throw them in a pool. The mom will be so surprised!--Spank)
You get a song stuck in your head because your brain interprets the song as an unfinished task, especially if you remember one part ("In a Gada Da Vida Baby . . . whatever"--Spank)
Columbus did not believe that he found a new world. He even died believing that he found a new passage to India. He justified his claim by proposing that Earth was pear shaped and not spherical.
In Northern Ireland, police officers are distributing “scratch and sniff” cards that smell like weed in order to recruit public’s help in sniffing out the cannabis factories. (What is a "cannabis factory"?--Spank)
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