Fascinating Facts and Trivia

On New Year’s Day in 1976, a man named Danny Finegood changed the Hollywood sign to “Hollyweed” as a college prank in order to celebrate the decriminalization of marijuana and got an “A” for it.

Every December 25th a town in Peru celebrates “Takanakuy”. Men, women, and children settle grudges with fistfights. Then everyone goes drinking together, ready to start the New Year with a clean slate.

On New Year’s Eve, residents in a small neighbourhood in Johannesburg, South Africa collect old appliances, carry them up to apartment building rooftops and toss them down to the streets far below.

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony was introduced to Japan by German POWs in WWI (who played it for them), and it is now a national tradition to perform it every New Year’s.

In Korea and some other Asian countries, when you are born, you are considered one year old and everyone’s age increases one year on New Year’s. So if you were born on December 29th, on New Year’s day, you will be considered 2 years old.

In Thailand, they celebrate their traditional New Year’s Day with a state sponsored multiple day water fight.

The average person has 100,000 – 150,000 strands of hair.

Hair is the second fastest growing tissue in the body after bone marrow.

(26-12-2018 20:00 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  Every December 25th a town in Peru celebrates “Takanakuy”. Men, women, and children settle grudges with fistfights. Then everyone goes drinking together, ready to start the New Year with a clean slate.

That sounds like every party ever round my mom's??

Thought you were gonna have a rest give others chance to post for a few days?

(26-12-2018 21:20 )kelly1066 Wrote:  

(26-12-2018 20:00 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  Every December 25th a town in Peru celebrates “Takanakuy”. Men, women, and children settle grudges with fistfights. Then everyone goes drinking together, ready to start the New Year with a clean slate.

That sounds like every party ever round my mom's??

Thought you were gonna have a rest give others chance to post for a few days?

I am resting!