Did you know ?
- If someone in Poland blinks both eyes at you,they may be expressing romantic interests.
- Every foolmoon constitutes a holiday in Sri Lanka.
- Mostly all of the young people wear eyeglasses in Taiwan.
- When you want to greet someone in Tibet, simply stick out your tongue.
- Time is relative in Tunisia. Tommorow could mean next week.
- When shopping in Venezuela try asking how much something costs rubbing together your thumb and index finger while rotating your palm upward.
- In Zimbabwe respect is shown by lowering yourself. That's why when a superior enter the room no one stands up.
- The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees.
- One out of every two persons in Germany and Italy owns a car.
- To say YES shake your head side by side and to say NO nod your head up and down in Bulgaria.
- All levels of education are free in Croatia.
- In France the number of pets outnuber children.
- In Greece waving hand as you do in waving goodbye is an insult.
- In Guetmala when you hail a taxi,bigger the hand motion the longer the distance you have to go.
- Israel doesn't have a written constitution.
- In Japan it's rude to looks someone directly in the eyes for some time but in Kenya people are more likely to trust if you look them into the eyes.
- Mexicans have two last names: one from the father and one from the mother.
- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Don't believe ? Go on, try it then.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open? Next time you feel a sneeze coming try it!
- In France, a five year old child can buy an alcholic drink in a bar.
- It is impossible to lick your elbow.
- If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
- Kohima is the only town in India that does not have street names and the houses are unnumbered.
1 Comments:
nice info man! kahan se mila?
i liked kohima's fact. in bangalore u have so many nos, streets, blocks.... u take an address to find the door, u will be guided to different directions by the 'not so sure' people...
i experienced this many times...
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