{"id":13308,"date":"2018-03-10T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T07:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=13308"},"modified":"2018-03-09T07:02:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:02:15","slug":"everything-youll-ever-need-to-know-from-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=13308","title":{"rendered":"Everything you&#8217;ll ever need to know! (From Mom!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>The moon\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Glass<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0takes one million years to decompose, which\u00a0means\u00a0it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Gold<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is the only metal that doesn&#8217;t rust, even if it&#8217;s buried in the ground for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Your<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>tongue<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>If you stop getting thirsty<\/u><\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Zero\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Kites<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The song Auld Lang Syne<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is sung at the stroke of\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_532963512\">midnight<\/span>\u00a0in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year..<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Drinking water after eating<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and curb appetite.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Peanut oil<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn&#8217;t smoke unless it&#8217;s heated above 450F.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The roar<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Nine out of every 10<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0living things live in the ocean.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The banana<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Airports at higher altitudes<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The University of Alaska<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0spans four time zones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The tooth<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>In ancient Greece<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Warner Communications<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0paid 28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Intelligent people<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0have more zinc and copper in their hair.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>V<\/strong>ery few\u00a0<strong>Democrats<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>have high levels of zinc and copper in their hair.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A comet&#8217;s tail<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0always points away from the sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Swine Flu<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Caffeine<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The military salute<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up,\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>When a person dies,\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>In ancient times\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Strawberries and cashews\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Avocados\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Earth<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Due to earth&#8217;s gravity<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Mickey Mouse<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0is known as &#8220;Topolino&#8221; in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Soldiers\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Everything<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0weighs one percent less at the equator.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>For every extra kilogram<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at<br \/>\nlift-off.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The letter J<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moon\u00a0moves about two inches away from the Earth each year. 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