5 Fascinating Random Facts!

Hi guys just wanted to share these facts I encountered in the internet. Hope you like it! :)

1.Lemurs get high on bugs.

That might sound like a weird rock album title, but it's true. In the jungles of Madagascar, lemurs get a buzz by chomping down on a particular species of millipede that causes toxins to release, leading them to salivate and appear intoxicated. Besides getting them high, the bugs may also have another positive effect: acting as a pesticide to ward off mosquitos.

2.Ancient cats once led to the extinction of ancient dogs.

The tension between cats and dogs goes back millennia. According to researchers, some 20 million years ago, ancient cats and dogs battled for scarce food, and the cats won out. "When various species of cats first appeared in North America, there was a steep decline in the number of canine species in the same area," as computational biologist Daniele Silvestro, lead author of a paper on the subject, explained to Quartz.

3.Goosebumps are caused by a muscle.

Arrector pili muscles, fan-shaped muscles at the base of each hair follice, are responsible for goosebumps: These muscles contract when the body is cold in an effort to generate heat and cause a person's hair to "stand up straight" on their skin.

4.A mailman made a castle in France

Le Palais Idéal is an 85-foot-long, 33-foot-high castle 30 miles south of Lyon made from rocks that a 19th-century French postman picked up during his mail route over the course of 34 years. Despite having precisely zero formal architectural training, he built the massive structure himself, complete with pillars, grottoes and flying buttresses—and visitors still go out to view it today.

5.All five of George Foreman's sons have the same name, George Foreman.

Things probably get a bit confusing around the Foreman household, seeing as all of the boxer's sons are also named George Foreman—and there are five of them. When asked why they all have the same name, Foreman said, "I named all my sons George Edward Foreman so they would always have something in common. I say to them, 'If one of us goes up, then we all go up together, and if one goes down, we all go down together!'"

That's all! Hope you like it. :)