Laughing crying and yawning are all semi-contagious because they are social cues -- Ways of strengthening the bond of a group

Noon isn’t supposed to be 12 o’clock Noon comes from the Latin word nona which means the ninth hour after sunrise

Levi Strauss made the first pair of blue jeans in 1850 They were intended as work trousers for American miners looking for gold

The v in the name of a court case does not stand for versus but for and (in civil proceedings) or against (in criminal proceedings)

Ringxiety or fauxcellarm is described by experts as a psycho-acoustic phenomenon when you hear your cell phone ringing when it s not

Bolivia holds the record for the country with the highest turnovers in governments Since 1825 Bolivia has had almost 200 governments

On Aug 9 1945 the 2nd Nuclear Bomb Fat Man was exploded over Nagasaki with a force of 22 000 tons of TNT killing 73 000 people outright

The song Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new yea

Queen Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of 16 sovereign states 12 of which were British colonies or Dominions at the start of her reign(2012)

The phrase rule of thumb is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn t beat your wife with anything wider than your thum

Not swinging one s arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12% the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack

Although the two-finger V for Victory sign is synonymous with Winston Churchill it actually was the idea of a Belgian refugee in London Victor De Laveleye

1 2 billion letters are sent worldwide through the post every day If they were joined together they would make a bridge that would span the Atlantic ocean

On Aug 6 1945 the 1st Nuclear Bomb Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima It exploded with a blast equivalent to 12 000 tons of TNT killing 80 000 people outright

4 108 terrorist incidents occurred in India between the years 1970 and 2004 During this period India ranked sixth among all countries in terms of terrorist incidents