Five Random Facts for Thursday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  If you transplanted one man’s testicles to another man, not only would they work, but they’d still produce offspring from the original donor.  And that ethical issue is one of the reasons that testicular transplants are super rare.

2.  The most valuable stamp in the world is a one-cent 1856 British Guiana stamp.  It sold at an auction in 2014 for $9.5 million.

3.  Your rectum has similar cells to your mouth, which is why spicy foods can burn on the way out as much as they do when you’re eating them.

4.  There are only two companies with a perfect “AAA” credit rating:  Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft.

5.  Antarctica now gets about 123,000 tourists a year, that’s up from 5,000 tourists a year in 1990.

 

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