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In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck. The water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas). The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip. 1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph). Tennis was originally played with bare hands. Worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15. In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. Mistletoe is evergreen -even after a tree's leaves have fallen, it stays green. The skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight. reload more facts