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“New Year’s Eve Around the World: 20 Fascinating Facts About December 31st”

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New Zealand is among the first countries to celebrate New Year’s Eve due to its time zone. In Spain, people eat 12 grapes at midnight for good luck. It's like  If you can finish all 12 grapes within the first minute, you'll have a lucky new year. Sydney, Australia, hosts one of the world’s largest New Year’s Eve fireworks displays. In Japan, Buddhist temples ring their bells 108 times on New Year’s Eve. Brazil’s beaches turn into celebrations with millions dressed in white for peace. Scotland’s Hogmanay festival involves fire ceremonies and a torch-lit procession. In Italy, wearing red underwear on December 31st is believed to bring love and luck. The famous New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York’s Times Square started in 1907. Denmark celebrates by smashing plates on friends’ doorsteps for good fortune. In the Philippines, people wear polka dots for prosperity. South Koreans gather at the Bosingak Belfry in Seoul for a ceremonial bell-ringing. The ancient Romans celebrated Decem...

Rarely known fun facts about ANIMALS

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1.The heart of shrimp is located in its head

2. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

3. Slugs have 4 noses.

4. Rhino’s horn is made of hair (Keratin - usually found in hair).

5. Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

6. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

7. Frogs cannot vomit. If one absolutely has to, then it will vomit its entire stomach.

8. A grizzly bear's bite is strong enough to crush a bowling ball.

9. Zebra stripes act as a natural bug repellent. ( Go ahead and paint your cows with zebra like stripes).

10. Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day.

11. An octopus has three hearts.

12.A group of owls is called a parliament.

13. A group of ferrets is called a business.

14. A group of rhinos is called a crash.


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