15 Wonderful Facts About Walking
5-15% of children are affected by sleepwalking every year, while only 1-1.5% of adults experience the phenomenon.
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5-15% of children are affected by sleepwalking every year, while only 1-1.5% of adults experience the phenomenon.
Research shows that people who wake up earlier have higher cortisol levels, which is associated with energy and productivity.
Although they are known for their beauty, snowdrops are actually poisonous and can irritate the skin when handled.
The largest snowflakes ever recorded fell in Montana in 1887, measuring fifteen inches (38 cm) wide and eight inches (20 cm) deep.
It is a tradition in Luxembourg to eat little human-shaped brioche men called "boxemännchen" during the Christmas season.
The world record for the Largest Vessel of Mulled Wine ever brewed was 537 gallons, which was achieved in 2016 in Falcade, Italy.
Some Zircon gems are more than 4.4 billion years old, making Zircon the oldest gemstone found on Earth today.
Not all monkeys are great tree climbers. Some are primarily terrestrial, such as the gelada monkey of Ethiopia.
The largest faceted gemstone in the world is the El-Dorado Topaz. This impressive gemstone weighs a whopping 31,000 carats!
The thickest tree in the world has a circumference of 137.8 feet (42 m). It takes 105 men, shoulder-to-shoulder, to surround it.
The Apollo 17 astronauts could taste the Moon's fine dust. They called it the "Apollo aroma." It smelled like burnt gunpowder.
The U.S. remains one of only three countries still using the Imperial measurement system, along with Liberia and Myanmar.