1. There are more than 400 different phobias well recognized by psychologists.
2.Papaphobia is the fear of the pope.
3. Phobophobia is the fear of having a phobia.
4. Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile device or not connected to the internet.
5. Anatidaephobia is a weird fear somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.
6. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass.
7. Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
8. Phobias can be memories passed down through genetics in dna according to new research.
9. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler, all suffered from ailurophobia which is the fear of cats.
10. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
11. Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.
12. Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because "something tragic" will happen.
13. Odontophobia is the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Fun Sea Creature Facts
1. Penguins have an organ near their eye that filters salt from the water out of their system.
2. Penguins can jump up to six feet(1.8 meters) out of the water.
3. It is illegal to eat penguin in the United States of America.
4. In order to discover that penguins sleep more deeply in the afternoon, scientists crept up on penguins at different time of the day and poked them with a stick to wake them up.
5. The average lifetime of a dolphin is fifteen years, but some dolphins have lived fifty years.
6. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
7. Dolphins and whales both give birth with the tail first instead of the head.
8. Whale sharks can live up to 100 years.
9. Octopuses have three hearts.
10. Baby octopuses are as small a flea when they are born.
11. Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.
2. Penguins can jump up to six feet(1.8 meters) out of the water.
3. It is illegal to eat penguin in the United States of America.
4. In order to discover that penguins sleep more deeply in the afternoon, scientists crept up on penguins at different time of the day and poked them with a stick to wake them up.
5. The average lifetime of a dolphin is fifteen years, but some dolphins have lived fifty years.
6. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
7. Dolphins and whales both give birth with the tail first instead of the head.
8. Whale sharks can live up to 100 years.
9. Octopuses have three hearts.
10. Baby octopuses are as small a flea when they are born.
11. Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Fun Fish Facts!
1. Some fish; like the triggerfish can swim backwards.
2. Most brands of lipstick have fish scales in their products.
3. Many fish can taste without opening their mouth.
4. Goldfish can't close their eyes because of the fact they don't eyelids.
5. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks every hour.
6. Goldfish can see infrared radiation that is invisible to us.
7. One pufferfish contains enough poison to kill 30 people.
8. Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings
9. There is a starfish that has 40 arms.
10. You probably already know but starfish can grow back an arm. Actually one arm can grow back the rest of the body.
11. The Goliath tigerfish is a fish that can eat small crocodiles.
12. Fossil evidence suggests that fish have been on earth for about 530 million years.
13. The toxin in pufferfish is 1200 times deadlier than cyanide.
2. Most brands of lipstick have fish scales in their products.
3. Many fish can taste without opening their mouth.
4. Goldfish can't close their eyes because of the fact they don't eyelids.
5. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks every hour.
6. Goldfish can see infrared radiation that is invisible to us.
7. One pufferfish contains enough poison to kill 30 people.
8. Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings
9. There is a starfish that has 40 arms.
10. You probably already know but starfish can grow back an arm. Actually one arm can grow back the rest of the body.
11. The Goliath tigerfish is a fish that can eat small crocodiles.
12. Fossil evidence suggests that fish have been on earth for about 530 million years.
13. The toxin in pufferfish is 1200 times deadlier than cyanide.
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