Fun facts to ponder

[Convert3]

The average West African cocoa family has eight members.

 

[GEddie]

Human life shares 61% of its DNA with the banana.

 

[StephieNorthCo]

I’ve met some people where that percentage has got to be higher.

 

[Pattylt]

Superman didn’t originally fly!

 

[Convert3]

In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.

Why isn’t this a law everywhere?!

 

[GEddie]

Oh please.

We already have too many laws for animal happiness, and too few for human beings.

Cats do not meow to each other, but only to human beings.

 

[Convert3]

We already have too many laws for animal happiness, and too few for human beings.

Don’t take this thread too seriously! :crazy_face:

 

[CRV]

This is because guinea pigs are social animals,

So very true. They become depressed and can stop eating. Says one who used to show and breed them.

Cats do not meow to each other, but only to human beings.

For which I’m grateful. Though I do get the paw/claw in my arm if he wants a second helping.

 

[Hunho]

Happy Valentine’s Day Everybody!!! :heavy_heart_exclamation:

 

[Convert3]

In November, Germans celebrate St. Martin–a knight who shared his cloak with a beggar–with a lantern-lit parade, sweets and steaming hot chocolate.

 

[F_Marturana]

In Sicily, St. Martin day was the day that the wine was fermented enough to be considered wine.

It was celebrated by drinking wine and having roasted meats. (At least in my dad’s town)

 

[GEddie]

In France and it’s New-World territories, the festival of Mi-Careme is celebrated in the middle of Lent.

 

[Convert3]

The last pope who was not a cardinal yet when elected was Pope Urban VI in 1378.

 

[Convert3]

7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

 

[StephieNorthCo]

Where is the other 93%? I thought that was obvious!

 

[GEddie]

Sleeping involves more brain activity than watching TV.

 

[Gripper]

Sleeping involves more brain activity than watching TV.

Considering what’s on TV these days I’m not surprised.

I wonder how much more brain activity is used if the film has subtitles?

 

[Convert3]

The first black person to be documented as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church was known as Saint Maurice (a.k.a. St. Mauritius or St. Moritz). He was a 3rd-century Roman soldier born in Egypt who was martyred when he refused to massacre Christians for the Roman Empire.

 

[Sarcelle]

They’re that fruity are they?:crazy_face:

 

[Sarcelle]

Now that’s a celebration to me.