Using tanning beds before age 30 increases your risk of developing melanoma by 75%. Tanning beds and lamps are the in the highest cancer risk category.
When Blackbeard captured ships, many of the African slaves on board would go on to become pirates. When he died, nearly one-third of his total crew were former slaves.
The Poodle is one of the cleanest breeds of dog, making them a great choice for people with pet allergies. They don’t moult much at all, and they rarely smell either.
Owls have specialized feathers where the edges protrude out to dissipate air flow. This means that they are able to fly silently and are highly deadly hunters.
A man, Ben Sliney, grounded 4,000 commercial planes across the United States on 9/11 due to the attacks – it was his first day on the job.
Elton John tried to commit suicide once by sticking his head in an oven with the gas on low and windows open. He was found and stopped by his best friend Bernie Taupin.
California law does not allow or prohibit lane splitting – when motorcycles from pass other vehicles within the same lane.
In California, you can get a ticket if you’re driving too slow.
Malta’s official language is Maltese; however the majority of the population also speaks English.
More civilians died in the Battle of Stalingrad than the nuclear atrocities at Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body.
Both KitKat and Rolo is produced globally by Nestlé, except in the U.S. where it’s made by their competitor, Hershey’s.
When electricity was first installed in the White House in 1891, President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were afraid of electrocution because of the new concept. They refused to touch light switches so the staff had to turn the lights on and off for them.
35,000 hectares of peas are grown in the UK in a single year.
In 2007, a 1000-gallon inflatable swimming pool was stolen from someone’s back yard without a single drop of water being found!
Both U.S. and Soviet militaries have trained dolphins. They can be used for rescuing lost naval swimmers and locating underwater mines.
Being in a negative relationship can weaken your immune system.
October 19th is “Evaluate Your Life Day” – a day to think about your situation in life & wonder how it could be improved. Be sure to weigh the good and bad!
The total population of insects is estimated to be a billion times greater than that of the human population.
Snoop Dogg’s real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. His “Snoop Dogg” nickname came from his mother who thought he looked like Snoopy from the Peanuts.
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