DID YOU KNOW?
This week the team has created some rather informative and interesting facts. Enjoy these facts and learn something new about the events occurring in our world.
1. Chewing gum makes you feel more energetic. People are more focused after chewing gum. Research has shown that chewing mint gum tricks the body into feeling awake, just like the effect of an energy drink or a cup of coffee. Chewing gum can also improve test scores, memory and anxiety.
2. Helen Keller was deaf and blind but learnt how to read and write while campaigning for the deaf and blind community. Helen became the first deaf-blind person to obtain a bachelor’s degree and campaign for social, political, and disability issues. Helen raised funds and awareness for blind communities.
3. Michael Jordan is considered one of the best basketball players ever. The Chicago Bulls player was voted the NBA’s most valuable player five times and won six NBA championships. In 1984, he was selected to be on the US Olympic team. Michael is one of the best defensive players in basketball history.
4.The moon was created when a rock the size of Mars smacked into Earth. The 4.5 billion-year-old planet is responsible for the earth’s rotation and the movement of the oceanic tide that we experience alongside the effect of the sun. The moon also causes the earth’s rocks to move, similar to the ocean.
5. In a group setting, people tend to look at the person with whom they have the closest relationship when they laugh and talk. Because of the trust you have built with that person over a period of time, the brain establishes a direct link between the person we are closest to and our expression of emotion.
6. Benjamin Franklin invented electricity. It was Benjamin who discovered the negative and positive charges of electricity and invented the Franklin stove. Benjamin additionally proved that lighting and electricity are the same thing by means of the famous kite and key in the thunderstorm experiment.
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