Interesting Facts Of Life Part Two

If you've read my previous 'Interesting Facts Of Life' hub and liked it, then you'll enjoy this!

An extra dose of unusual and sometimes funny facts of life to start/end your day!

*I do check in various sites on the internet to make sure it's a legit fact -- It's up to you to decide if you do or don't believe it*

The bible, or parts of it, have actually been translated into Klingon, the Star Trek language!

Urea is a chemical found in mammal's urine that helps us with metabolism.

...And is also used as a "flavor-enhancing additive" in cigarettes!

Supposedly the richest Chinese families hired strippers to the funerals to help the dead have a great afterlife! Authority are cracking down though and have begun arresting the funeral strippers...

Yes, it's real. Alien Hand Syndrome, or Dr. Strangelove, is a condition in which an individual's hand seems to take on a mind of its own! They have normal feeling of their arm but can't control the movement making it known as the alien hand. It's a neurological problem in which the sufferer may truly believe a higher power has taken control of their hand!

...There is no actual treatment at the moment.

A crocodile's tongue is attached to the bottom of its mouth making it unable to move...

A rhino's horn is actually made up of keratin, the same thing our hair and nails are made of!

Starfish can actually turn themselves inside out. They attach themselves to their prey and turn their stomachs inside out to suck and digest the food through shells, then they turn back and suck the rest up through one of the arms.

In the early 1800's, the word 'pants' was supposedly considered a dirty word in England...

Ants stretch and yawn just like we do before they start their day's work!

How adorable is that?!

It was once illegal to slam your car door in Switzerland.

Around the 1830's Ketchup was actually sold as medicine. It was said to be able to cure anything from a migraine to baldness. It was all done to get more profit. It was called Dr. Miles Compound Extract Of Tomato.

US dollars are made out of linen and cotton.

American Airlines saved around $40,000 after they eliminated one olive per salad sold in first class! Imagine what they would've save with no salad!

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle...

There you have it! Another list of interesting facts of life!

Hope you got to learn something new!