With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought I’d throw in an educational post on 15 interesting facts. Use them as conversation starters, to impress a relative or to help your team win in Trivial Pursuit.

1. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
2. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
3. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in our ears.
4. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
5. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
6. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
7. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
8. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
9. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
10. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen bubbles bursting.
11. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
12. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
13. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
14. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch.
15. If a statute in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

I hope you enjoyed those 15 interesting facts, courtesy of seyfihoca, and English teacher. Want to know more interesting facts? Check out the bottom of their blog post.