1.
Parrots can die of arrhythmia, heart attack or
stroke.
2. Cincinnati
is named after Cincinnatus, an emperor in the Roman Empire who saved Rome from
crisis and then retired to his farm rather than rule.
3. From
July to September 2001, heavy downpours of red-coloured rain fell sporadically
on the state of Kerala, India.
4. In
Morocco, goats poop out indigestible seeds which are collected, processed and
turned into very expensive cosmetics and food.
5. Typhus
killed 90% of Napoleon's soldiers in Russia. Fleas and lice were sufficient to
spread the disease and kill more than 500,000 men.
6. Jesus'
name translated from Hebrew to English would be 'Joshua'. We get the name
'Jesus' by translating the Hebrew name to Greek to Latin to English.
7. A
Swedish woman "married" the Berlin Wall in front of a few guests in
1979. She was devastated when most of it was torn down in 1989.
8. A
30-year-old woman from India, who claimed to have fallen in love with a snake,
got married to the reptile in 2006.
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