Button of shirt:
It’s in Japanese culture, on graduation day of schools, a female junior asks male senior for 2nd button of his shirt. This is sign that the girl likes the boy and if the boy likes her too he will give her his 2nd button.
Popular boys gets so many requests but he will only give button to the girl he likes the most. Why 2nd button? It is said that as second button is located closest heart, it’s like girl is asking for heart of that boy.
Dead bodies can get goosebumps:
Yes, you read it right. It’s possible, but those are not same as that of living ones. While decomposition of dead body muscles get contract and stiffens up. This happens below hair follicles also, when this occurs, the hairs stands erect, which looks like goosebumps.
Smell of 1st rain:
It is called ‘Petrichor’. We think that the unique smell is due to rain and soil. But it is caused due to rainwater, along with ozone, geosmin, plant oils, bacteria and soil.
Vanilla flavor; anal excretions of Beavers:
Weird, right…. sometimes vanilla flavoring is made up of anal excretions of Beavers. Vanilla flavor used in your baked eatables and candy may come from the anal excretions of beavers. The goo from beavers butt called castoreum, is a natural flavoring agent by FDA. They make vanilla flavor from vanillin from vanilla beans.
No flush between 10pm to 7am:
In Switzerland, it is common not to flush your toilet between 10pm and 7am as it may disturb people’s sleep. Even though this is not government rule or something, people follow it as a manner. Also we cannot urinate while standing after 10pm as it makes disturbing sound. These both unsaid rules suggest that you should not make considerate amount of noise in sleeping hours.
Man from parallel universe in Tokyo:
In 1954 a man landed at an airport with visa of country which doesn’t belong to our world. He said he was from a country named “Taured”. He also had visas of other countries, as suspicious thing Tokyo police arrested him and tried to interrogate. In interrogation he said his country Taured is 1000 years old. As this was unbelievable, police sent him to lock up. This was not enough, as he mysteriously vanished from lock up and after that there was no evidence found for him. It’s been said that he must be from a parallel universe.
Chupa Chups Logo and Salvador Dali:
Salvador Dali himself designed a logo for Chupa Chups candies in 1969. He also requested that the logo should be at the top of wrapper so that everyone can see it.
You check your phone nearly 150 times a day:
Yess, on an average, a person checks his/her phone after every 6mins i.e. nearly 150 times a day
You sneeze with air blowing out with the speed of 160KM/H.
Like a button on FB:
It was supposed to be the Awesome Button at 1st.
We spend nearly 6 Months of our lives waiting traffic signals to turn green. Uhhhh