Nodding disease or nodding syndrome is a recent, little-known disease which emerged in Sudan in the 1960s. It is a mentally & physically disabling disease that only affects children, typically between the ages of 5 & 15. The characteristic symptom of the diseases, known as nodding seizure, often begins when the children begin to eat, or sometimes when they feel cold.
Winston Churchill was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the U.S.
Handshakes were originally meant to make sure that the person you were meeting wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon. The hand clasp proved that your hand was empty and shaking was meant to dislodge any weapons hiding up the sleeve.
Often termed as “Vampire Disease”, Cutaneous Porphyria is a disease caused due to deficiency of particular enzymes. A person suffering from this disease develops horrible, itchy blisters and welts when exposed to sunlight.
Humans and dogs are the only species known to seek visual cues from another individual’s eyes. Dogs only do this when interacting with humans.
There is psychological optical illusion, known as ‘Troxler Effect’. In this, people experience optical illusion of deformation of their faces after staring at oneself for 10 minutes in the mirror. Troxler Effect fades out features that an individual isn’t staring at.
Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7-year-old survivor of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. The boy, named Martunis, grew up to be a soccer player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon in 2015.
