TurnToIslam If you want to know@tti/2nd Edition.

[Abu Juwairiya]

There is an unusual theory among some people in the world that humans were not fully conscious until 3000 years ago, and that instead people heard their consciousnesses as a separate voice that commanded them.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Canada hands out a 1-year free Cultural Access Pass to new citizens.

This gives them free access over a 1,000 museums and cultural centers across Canada.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

An endurance athlete, Dean Karnazes, ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are traveling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Some people are able to “sense” changes in the weather through a special condition known as 'weather pains'.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

No one knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

In the USA, there is a weight limit for donating your body to science.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

There is a snake venom that causes you to bleed from all holes of your body.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

If a guide dog judges that a command is unsafe, it will refuse the command. This is called “intelligent disobedience”.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Horror movie soundtracks sometimes include infrasound, which is sound below the range of human hearing. Even though we can’t hear it we can still feel it and infrasound has been shown to induce anxiety, heart palpitations, and shivering.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2M preventable accidents a year.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

There is a Buddhist Temple complex in Thailand made out of over 1.5 million empty beer bottles.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

48% of the world’s population aged 15 and older has never consumed alcohol.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Cockroaches grown in space became quicker and stronger than their terrestrial counterparts.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

On July 27, 2007, 2 News Helicopters collided while live on the air and covering a police chase. Despite the best efforts of the stations, one of the audio feeds from a helicopter continued to broadcast the screams of a crew as they plummeted to their deaths.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

400 million years ago, there were giant mushrooms as tall as a tree – 26 feet tall and about 3 feet wide.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

The state of Kentucky currently has 4.9 million barrels of bourbon that are aging, which exceeds the state’s own population.

 

[P-Thulhu]

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.

Except for the problem of Koala's having two thumbs and three fingers on each hand.

Not sure if their feet are also similarly equipped. Also... possibly the size. Koalas being quite a bit smaller than humans.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

In the UK more people donate to animal charities than charities for human children.