10 FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW

1. 10% of the world population is left-handed

Our first of our did you know facts are about left-handed people. It is said that men are more likely to be left-handed than women. Various studies have also suggested that the handedness of a person can be determined from the time they spend in the mother’s womb. Some studies also suggest that one’s heritage may also play a role in determining if someone will be left or right-handed

2. Rabbits eat their faeces

After eating them, they will digest it again like normal food. Rabbits have two kinds of droppings, little black round ones and softer black ones known as cecotropes. The cecotrope droppings are the ones that they eat and they do this so they can re-absorb any undigested nutrients from their food. This process is normally done once a day.

3. Around 8% of the world population has an extra rib

This is known as the cervical rib and it comes from the seventh cervical vertebra. This is considered a congenital abnormality that is located above the normal first rib. There is a 1 in 500 chance that a person will be born with this condition.

4. Spiders are not insects

All insects are classified as six-legged creatures with a head and thorax and wings. Spiders are arachnids and only have two body parts: the cephalothorax and its eight legs, and its abdomen.

 5. The human brain is 78% water

Up to 60% of the adult human body is made up of water. Research has indicated that both the human brain and heart are around 73-78% water.

6. The Aztecs invented popcorn

Originally, they used this as an ornament and was used in headdresses. This ornament would be used as a way to praise their god Tlaloc, the god of maize and fertility.

7. The smallest ocean is the Arctic ocean

It is also the shallowest and the coldest ocean among the world’s five ocean basins. The Arctic ocean is about 1.5 times the size of the United States. 

8. Brazil is named after a tree

The country of Brazil was named after the Portuguese settlement on its land in the 1500s. Brazilwood trees were often harvested for a red-colored dye that was later on shipped to Europe which is where the country got its name from.

9 Women buy 96% of candles produced

According to a survey, 4% of men who buy candles are either buying it as a gift or for a female they are related to.

10. Hugging trees is forbidden in China

Here’s one of our weirder did you know facts. Hugging trees was forbidden after the mass tree hugging that occurred outside of China’s imperial garden. The Chinese government speculated that the tree huggers were part of a suspicious cult and banned the activity in the country.