Showing posts with label People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

10 Facts About Divorce

 

10 Facts About Divorce


When it comes to married Americans, the seven-year itch is definitely real. Keep reading to find out some interesting facts about divorce.







1
Only one U.S President is known to have been divorced: Ronald Reagan.
2
It’s a law in Wichita, Kansas, that if a man mistreats his mother-in-law, it cannot be used as grounds for a divorce.
3
In 2012, an Italian man brought his mother along on his honeymoon. His new bride asked for a divorce three weeks later.
4
According to U.S. statistics, if one partner smokes, a marriage is 75% more likely to end in divorce.
5
In ancient Chaldea, a man could get a divorce by saying “Thou are not my wife.” However, if the wife ever said, “Thou are not my husband,” she would be immediately drowned.
6
In the Aleutian Islands, if a man grew tired of his wife, he would barter her for food or clothes.
7
In the Philippines, divorce is illegal.
8
In America, the divorce rate for a first marriage is around 41%. The divorce rate for a second marriage is 60%. The divorce rate for a third marriage is 73%.
9
Having twins or triplets increases the risk of divorce by 17%.
10
Approximately 6% of American couples marry, divorce, and then remarry each other.

5 Interesting DNA Facts You Might Not Know

 

5 Interesting DNA Facts You Might Not Know



DNA stores amazing information. With just a few drops of saliva, it can trace your genes to Senegal or Scandinavia. Here are some facts you want to know about DNA.












1

Humans have 46 chromosomes. One chromosome can have as few as 50 million base pairs or as many as 250 million base pairs.

2

Our entire DNA sequence would fill 200 1,000-page New York City telephone directories.

3

DNA is used to determine the pedigree of livestock or pets.

4

Every human being shares 99% of their DNA with every other human.

5

You have 98% of your DNA in common with a chimpanzee.

Friday, May 27, 2022

10 Random Amazing Facts


10 Random Facts that will make your Day - amazingfacts.live


10 Random Facts that will make your Day - amazingfacts.live


Crazy amazing facts blow your mind and will definitely make your day.



1.
90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words. - amazingfacts.live

90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words.



2.
Spiders are extremely carnivorous. 10,000 spider seals in a room will eventually result in one enormously fat spider. - amazingfacts.live

Spiders are extremely carnivorous. 10,000 spider seals in a room will eventually result in one enormously fat spider.



3.
You're more likely to come across a teacher or lecturer than somebody from any other profession on online dating sites - amazingfacts.live

You're more likely to come across a teacher or lecturer than somebody from any other profession on online dating sites.




4.
You could listen to a radio on the Moon, but it's impossible aboard a submarine. - amazingfacts.live

You could listen to a radio on the Moon, but it's impossible aboard a submarine.



5.
Angola has the world's best record at soccer penalty shootouts. They have never lost one. - amazingfacts.live

Angola has the world's best record at soccer penalty shootouts. They have never lost one.



6.
Saudi women have won the right to vote, but not the right to drive to the polling station. - amazingfats.live

Saudi women have won the right to vote, but not the right to drive to the polling station.



7.
At the 1900 Paris Olympics, winners were awarded paintings instead of medals. - amazingfacts.live

At the 1900 Paris Olympics, winners were awarded paintings instead of medals.



8.
In 1976, one person in the US was killed by an outbreak of swine flu, but the vaccine introduced to combat it killed 25 - amazingfacts.live

In 1976, one person in the US was killed by an outbreak of swine flu, but the vaccine introduced to combat it killed 25.



9.
World War I officially ended on October, 3, 2010 when Germany pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies - amazingfacts.live

World War I officially ended on October, 3, 2010 when Germany pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies.



10.
Winston Churchill is the only politician to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature - amazingfacts.live

Winston Churchill is the only politician to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.


Sunday, May 22, 2022

10 Facts about Affairs

 

10 Facts About Affairs


Can you spot a husband prone to infidelity? If he's unhappy with his wife, he'll cheat, right? Not necessarily. Here are some facts about adultery.








1
A 2011 study found that in half of the patients admitted to the hospital for fractured penises, they occurred during an affair.



2
More than 60% of affairs start at work.



3
Women tend to cheat for emotional satisfaction. Men cheat more from sexual motivation.



4
Infidelity is not the leading cause of divorce. While an affair can destroy a marriage, the main reason for divorce is money.



5
Over 50% of marriages survive infidelity.



6
In one study, 56% of men who cheated said they were in very happy marriages; only 34% of women said the same.



7
Many people are attracted to a partner's friend.



8
Business trips are the most common setting for infidelity.



9
Boredom was the reason 71% of men in a national study cheated and 49% of women cheated.



10
Adultery is illegal in 23 states, though it is rarely ever enforced. The punishment ranges from a $10 fine to life imprisonment.

10 Interesting Facts about Weddings

 


10 Interesting Facts About Weddings


Love is universal, but tying the knot is different everywhere. Here are some interesting facts about weddings around the world.






1
In the United States, there is no law or religious dictate that says the bride must take the groom’s last name. However, approximately 70% of Americans agree that a bride should change her last name



2
The Penan nomads who live on the island of Borneo maintain that women do not have a soul until their wedding day.



3
Because white is the color of mourning in Eastern cultures, white wedding dresses are uncommon.



4
Las Vegas is the top wedding destination with over 100,000 weddings a year, followed by Hawaii at 25,000 weddings a year.
5
In some African ceremonies, it was a sentiment of well-wishing to greet the new bride with the words: “May you bear 12 children with him."



6
To ensure fertility, the Irish would take a hen that was about to lay an egg and tie it to the wedding bed.



7
In India, it is considered a form of protection and luck to be symbolically married to a tree.



8
In Europe during the Middle Ages, the lord of the manor had a legal right to spend the first night with any non-noble bride on his land.



9
In Siberia, it is believed that it is a sin to remain single.



10
In Tibet, polyandry, or a woman with more than one husband, is not uncommon. For example, a herdsman will share his wife with his brothers and half-brothers.