top of page

FACTS OF THE DAY

November 13th 2017

With Poland’s birth rate the second lowest in Europe, the Polish government is encouraging people to have more children by releasing a video about rabbits.

theguardian.com

~

A Japanese company rents out actors to pose as people in its clients’ personal lives - including their best friend, spouse, parents or mourner at their funeral.

theatlantic.com

~

A jury in Alabama has awarded a 59-year-old Army veteran $7.5 million after he fell and shattered his hip attempting to buy a watermelon in Walmart.

washingtonpost.com

~

Rhino horn is worth more than its weight in gold or heroin.

telegraph.co.uk

~

A man in South Africa is farming rhinos and painlessly sawing off their horns for sale, in order to try to save the species. (The horns grow back.)

telegraph.co.uk

~

Coconut crabs grow as big as dogs and open coconuts with claws nearly as strong as a lion’s jaws. It’s now been shown they also climb trees and hunt birds.

washingtonpost.com


bottom of page