{"id":16625,"date":"2014-01-14T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-14T04:01:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T04:01:00","slug":"ok-I-m-a-sucker-for-these-fact-memos-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16625","title":{"rendered":"ok I&#8217;m a sucker for these fact memos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!  Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold is the only metal that doesn&#8217;t rust, even if it&#8217;s buried in the ground for thousands of years.<\/li>\n<li>Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.<\/li>\n<li>If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. 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It can be propagated only by the hand of man.<\/li>\n<li>Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.<\/li>\n<li>The University of Alaska spans four time zones.<\/li>\n<li>The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.<\/li>\n<li>In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.<\/li>\n<li>Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.<\/li>\n<li>A comet&#8217;s tail always points away from the sun.<\/li>\n<li>The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.<\/li>\n<li>Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.<\/li>\n<li>The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.<\/li>\n<li>If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.<\/li>\n<li>When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. 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