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Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com The Romans used crushed mouse brains as toothpaste. Crushed: deform, pulverize, or force inwards by compressing forcefully.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com Butterflies love to drink blood.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com Your desk, kitchen sink, shopping trolley, mobile phone, restaurant menu and cash point all have more bacteria than your toilet seat.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com According to the US Food and Drug Administration, the average person consumes 1 lb of insect per year, mostly mixed into other foods. Lb: pound

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com If you smell something, molecules from that object are sticking to the inside of your nose. Molecules: a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com Ice machines in restaurants are usually not cleaned – if you could see the state of them you would never order ice in a restaurant again.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com There are more vacant houses than homeless people in the US. Vacant: (of a place) not occupied; empty.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com In just 30 minutes, your body can produce enough heat to boil half a gallon of water.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com It's nearly impossible to tickle yourself.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com Over the course of your lifetime, you'll shed about 40lbs of skin.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com Most babies are born with blue eyes; exposure to UV light brings out their true color.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill 2 swimming pools.

Horrible Facts © 2015 albert-learning.com Conversation 1) Which one was more shocking from the above facts? 2) Did you ever come across any of such facts? Make 2 sentences for the following: a) Crushed b) Molecules c) Vacant