This document contains a series of random facts presented in a "Did You Know" format, with each fact separated by "DID YOU KNOW". The facts include information about the strength of the heart and tongue muscles, elephants being unable to jump, people being more afraid of spiders than death, the origins of playing card kings and the word "fuck", and more unusual animal behaviors and historical trivia.
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1. The muscles in your heart have the strength to shoot your blood 10 meters in the air? DID YOU KNOW ..
8. A cockroach can live 9 days without its head. It only dies because it cannot eat. DID YOU KNOW ..
9. A ducks quack has no echoe, and nobody knows why DID YOU KNOW ..
10. Each King on playing cards represent a King in real history: Spades: King David. Clubs: Alexander The Great. Hearts: Charlemagne. Diamonds: Julius Cesar. DID YOU KNOW ..
14. A statue in a park with a soldier on a horse with its 2 feet in the air means the soldier died in combat. If the horse has only 1 foot in the air, the soldier died of injuries from combat. If the horse has all 4 feet on the ground, the soldier died of natural causes. DID YOU KNOW ..
18. In ancient England, people could not have sex without consent from the King. When people wanted to have a child, they had to solicit a permission to the monarchy, in turn they would supply a plaque to hang on their door when they had sexual relations. The plaque read "Fornication Under Consent of the King" (F.U.C.K.). This is the origin of the word. DID YOU KNOW ..
19. When the English settlers landed in Australia, they noticed a strange animal that jumped extremely high and far. They asked the aboriginal people using body language and signs trying to ask them about this animal. They responded with Kan Ghu Ru the english then adopted the word kangaroo. What the aboriginal people were really trying to say was we dont understand you, Kan Ghu Ru. DID YOU KNOW ..
21. During historic civil wars, when troops returned without any casualties, a writing was put up so all can see which read "0 Killed". From here we get the expression "O.K." which means all is good. O.K. DID YOU KNOW ..