Even more strange and fascinating facts.
1. Ear wax can be used to monitor
pollution.
Now some may find this point x-rated but ear wax has its uses. I remember an Afro-Caribbean lady telling me that it is good for cold sores. It has anti-microbial properties and can indicate pollutants in the atmosphere.
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2. Clarissa Dickson Wright's full name was Clarissa Theresa
Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmeralda Dickson
Wright.
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3. Narwhals' long tusks - an exaggerated front tooth used
for courtship - are super sensitive.
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4. Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev keeps a
private library of 500 scents at the office.
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5. Crow families that unwittingly host a cuckoo chick in the
nest tend to have better survival rates.
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6. Guinness in 1982 came close to re-launching the brand as
an English beer brewed in west London.
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7. It's often been reported that the human nose can only
distinguish between 10,000 smells but that is wrong - it's more like a
trillion.
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8. Vicars and priests have the highest job satisfaction of
UK workers.
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9. Until this week's decision to remove the law from the
statute book, it was a criminal offence in the UK not to report grey squirrels
spotted on your land.
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10. Dark chocolate is feasted on by "good" microbes in the
gut, resulting in the production of anti-inflammatory compounds.
The above is the reason that dark chocolate in small quantities can help to lower high blood pressure.
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