- Apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee.
- When recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain.
- Laughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system.
- Women were not allowed to vote in France until 1944.
- The past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'.
- The game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920.
- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
- The word utopia u2013 an ideal place u2013 ironically comes from a Greek word meaning u201cno place.u201d.
- A group of frogs is called an army.
- A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
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