Knowledge Sharing - Day 2
1. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.2. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
3. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
4. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
5. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
6. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
7. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
8. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
9. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
10. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
