Fun Facts About Everything & Anything: Vol. #06
  Written By Girly

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If you have hay fever, you must cut down on alcoholic beverages during pollen season. Alcohol causes blood vessels in the nose to swell, further increasing nasal congestion.

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If you were to choose between a peanut-butter-jelly sandwich and a BLT, which one according to you would be the most nutritious bet? This might surprise you but the amount of fat in each of these classic sandwiches is about the same (23 grams for a BLT and 19 for a PB&J). But even tough you get vitamin A and C form the veggies in a BLT, most of the sandwiches fat is saturated. The PB&J wins, yey!!! It has twice the fiber (2.4 grams) of a BLT, and half it's fat is monounsaturated, the good kind!

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Ducks, yes our furry little bird-friends, actually sleep with their eyes open and shut!! Ducks in the center of a group sleep with their eyes closed. Ducks on the edges of a group will pass the night with one eye open.

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A German man believed to be the worlds most generous blood donor has just made his 800th donation, the German Red Cross said. Frank Loose, 58, a farmer, has provided an estimated 105 gallons of blood over the last three decades, the Red Cross said. Loose said he donates every week because he claims it is healthy to do and helped save thousands of lives. "Giving blood lowers the risk of heart attack, because it reduces the fat content of blood and the arteries do not clog up as quickly," he said.

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Women are more likely to forgive the cheating partner if the rival in love is physically attractive, claims a researcher. Italian psychologists carried out a study on 500 woman patients and found they were 20% more likely to forgive and forget if they considered the other woman beautiful. They also discovered the things most likely to send a betrayed woman into psychological crisis. They included hearing the partner say the other woman's name in his sleep. Discovering that their partner had told his secret to someone else is also more likely to send woman into depression. Massimo Cicogna, one of the team from the Psychological Society of Rome, said a complete admission from the cheating partner is needed to achieve a lasting peace in the family.

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These days, the use of a vibrator is quite common in our bedrooms. However it wasn't always the case. In 1869 the first Steam-Powered massager (a.k.a. "Vibrator) was introduced in a doctor's office for medical purposes. Believe it or not, doctors used this device to treat hysteria. Back in the 1800's, there was a high number of women undergoing treatment for hysteria, they showed symptoms such as mental and/or emotional distress. The standard treatment back then was a "nice" little visit to the doctor, who induced "hysterical paroxysm" (a.k.a. orgasm).

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According to the 2001 Forbes Celebrity 100 List, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox Arquette who have played the leads in NBC's Friends, received the highest annual earnings ever for female TV actresses. The female trio earned a whopping 15.3$ million. Go get'em girls!

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Does this ever happen to you? You are slouched on your couch watching a movie, when all of a sudden your phone rings. You jump off the couch attempting to answer the phone only to realize that your "foot's asleep"! You probably end up jerking around like you have a nail stuck under your foot squinty from the tingly sensations. Why? There's a simple explanation for that. You see the nerves in the foot are suffering from too much pressure. Because you were slouching on your couch, the nerves in the foot experienced some force, thus inhibited the messages the nerves carry to the brain and to the rest of the body. It also squeezed the blood vessels, oxygen normally carried to the nerves by these vessels, so they never made it to their destination. Oh, that explains it all!