DID YOU KNOW?

1. That your heart beats 100,000 times a day

2. That the brain is the FATTEST organ in the body

3. The world’s oldest novel is The Tale of Genji, which was penned by Murasaki Shikibu in the eleventh century. The narrative abruptly ends after 54 chapters in the middle of a phrase. Some translators assert that the work is finished and was intended to end that way, while others assert that a few pages have not yet been located.

4. That you cannot sneeze with your eyes open

5. That FEBRUARY used to be the last month of the year.  Although January and February are often considered the first two months of the year, they were actually the final two months to be added to the Gregorian calendar. The Roman calendar only recognized 10 months in the past. However, these two months were used to quantify the winter season, making February the final month on the calendar. This explains why February has the fewest days per month.

6. Australia has the most beaches in the world. With a whooping 10,000 beaches, you could visit each beach per day for the next 27 years!

7. There is an island in The Bahamas with only pigs as residents. An otherwise desolate island in the Bahamas called Pig Beach is primarily home to feral pigs. Although there is no proven idea as to how these pigs got there in the first place, some people believe they may have come from a shipwreck, a business strategy, or an abandoned food ration.

8. The letter J is the only alphabet NOT found in the Periodic Table. One of the fascinating facts to remember whenever you feel excluded is that, with the exception of the letter J, all 26 letters of the alphabet can be found in the periodic table. J is not utilized even once out of the 118 elements.

9. That the TONGUE is the STRONGEST muscle in your body!

10. That SUDAN has the most PYRAMIDS out of all countries in the world. With 255 PYRAMIDS, Sudan holds the record for the most pyramids in the world. That is TWICE the amount of pyramids in EGYPT.