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January is "Be Kind to Food Servers Month."
Surely, you're always kind to your waiter or waitress. But for those who need an extra nudge, January is "Be Kind To Food Servers Month." Any time you go out for a meal or even a few drinks during the first month of the year, you might want to consider leaving a tip that's even more generous than your usual 20 percent. And, of course, give 150 percent extra smiles!
And August is "Happiness Happens Month."
Every day of every month is the ideal time to enjoy joy, but August happens to be "Happiness Happens Month." It's the perfect opportunity to spend 31 days celebrating whatever it is that makes you happy.
Rowdy goats have to wear pool noodles on their horns.
Goats love to play, which is absolutely adorable. However, if one of the animals gets a little too rowdy, their horns can hurt other animals or people. In order to keep things safe, the goat's caretaker can pop pool noodles on the creature's horns. Tennis balls and buckets are also used—and look just as hilarious.
Enough with movies and pop culture. Now, let us look into some amazing facts from around the world, encompassing multiple disciplines. Get ready.
AMAZING FACTS
Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
AMAZING FACTS
Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on TV.
AMAZING FACTS
Boanthropy is the psychological disorder in which patients believe they are a cow.
AMAZING FACTS
Camels have three eyelids.
AMAZING FACTS
There is a Mcdonald's on every continent except Antarctica.
AMAZING FACTS
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
AMAZING FACTS
In South Korea, there is an emergency number to report suspected spies (it’s 113!)
AMAZING FACTS
Cats can make more than 100 vocalizations.
AMAZING FACTS
Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.
AMAZING FACTS
The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans about 10 to 1.
AMAZING FACTS
Most toilet paper sold in France is pink.
"Armogan" is a 19th-century naval term for the perfect weather to start a journey.
Ever feel like it's the perfect day to have an adventure? That's "armogan." It's a slang term from the 19th century that those in the navy would use to describe the ideal weather for starting out on a new voyage or journey, according to The Sailor's Word-book by William Henry Smyth. It's actually derived from a Mediterranean word for fine weather.
Baby ravens were recently born in the Tower of London for the first time in 30 years.
The Tower of London—a fortress that has been standing for around 1,000 years—always has at least seven ravens. That's in response to a royal decree by King Charles II in the 17th century that said "the Tower itself will crumble to dust and a great harm will befall the kingdom" if the birds ever fled, according to Smithsonian magazine.
However, with there being fewer breeders around to provide suitable specimens these days, the Tower's staff installed a new aviary in 2018 in an attempt to start their own breeding program. The following spring, four new babies were born. It was the first time birds had hatched there in 30 years.
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AMAZING FACTS
The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters.
AMAZING FACTS
The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
AMAZING FACTS
Children tend to grow faster in the spring.
In 2012, an entire village in Spain won the lottery.
In 2012, the jackpot in Spain reached $950 million. With stakes that high, nearly everyone in the tiny 250-person town of Sodeto bought in, playing the same numbers: 58268. And miraculously, they won! That meant each Sodeto resident took home at least $130,000—and one ticket even paid out $520,000.
AMAZING FACTS
Sliced bread was invented a year after the invention of TV.
The act of smiling can make you happier.
Still not in a great mood? Try smiling. One notable 2009 study presented at the British Psychological Society's annual conference found that even if a smile is forced, the brain still responds to the expression by releasing chemicals that improve your mood.
AMAZING FACTS
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.
AMAZING FACTS
Bullfrogs do not sleep.
AMAZING FACTS
A snail breathes through its foot.
AMAZING FACTS
Fish cough. The best two word fact you'll get today.
AMAZING FACTS
It took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube one month to solve the cube after he created it.
Koala fingerprints are so close to humans that they could taint crime scenes.
Koalas might not seem to have a lot in common with us, but if you were to take a closer look at their hands, you'd see that they have fingerprints that are strikingly similar to humans.
In fact, they're so similar when it comes to the distinctive loops and arches, that in Australia, "police feared that criminal investigations may have been hampered by koala prints," according to Ripley's Believe It or Not. Any koalas who want to commit crimes would be wise to do so wearing gloves.