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Ichthyophobia: The Fear of Fish

Humankind is the strangest of species. On one hand, we have dominated every living being on the planet and belong right at the top of the food chain, yet some of us have developed a fear of things we’ll go great lengths to avoid. This list of phobias is quite long and varies greatly. The most common phobias include the fear of water (aquaphobia), fear of heights (acrophobia) and of course let’s not forget the spiders – Arachnophobia. But the less common fall in a very large list and one such phobia is Ichthyophobia – the fear of the fish.

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6 Natural Remedies For Water Retention

If you suffer from water retention then you will certainly know how difficult it can be to perform all the tasks you need to do during the day and on top of this, you might also experience some discomfort. Fortunately there are some natural remedies listed below that can help reduce your water retention naturally and at the same time make sure you are doing what is best for your body. 1/6. Drink More Water This may seem somewhat ironic, but if you have excess water in your body then your body may be scared of letting it go. For

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6 Natural Remedies For Water Retention

If you suffer from water retention then you will certainly know how difficult it can be to perform all the tasks you need to do during the day and on top of this, you might also experience some discomfort. Fortunately there are some natural remedies listed below that can help reduce your water retention naturally and at the same time make sure you are doing what is best for your body. 1/6. Drink More Water This may seem somewhat ironic, but if you have excess water in your body then your body may be scared of letting it go. For

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Why Do Cats Eat Grass?

It doesn’t matter whether you have a feline that loves to stay indoors or whether you have a cat that likes to prowl the streets of the night, you’ve probably seen your cat eat grass now and again and this looks strange to say the least. This is especially the case if you see your cat be sick afterwards but the important thing to remember is that there is nothing to worry about. Take a look below. Carnivorous Rex Cats often eat grass because they don’t have the right enzymes to break down vegetables. It isn’t likely that your cat

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Facts About Bunnies

Everyone loves bunnies, don’t they? Well if you love bunnies then you will certainly like to hear some fun facts about them. Take a look at some of them below. The World’s Biggest Rabbit Weighed Around 50lbs Darius, the world’s biggest bunny weighed around 50lbs and it stood at 4″3. His owners say that he behaves like a dog and that he is practically one of the family. He’s insured for $1.6 million and he even has his own bodyguard! Female Bunnies Can Produce 8 Litters a Year You may have heard that bunnies breed a lot, but did you

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Fun Facts About Paris

Paris is certainly a great place to visit. It has so much history and the monuments there are not to be missed either. What a lot of people don’t know is that Paris is also home to some of the zaniest facts in the world and some of them are just hard to believe. Take the Eiffel Tower for example, it weighs 7,000 tons and every year, it uses over 50 tons of paint in maintenance. Even after all this maintenance, there were worries at one point that it would collapse, because a storm in 1999 blew at over 240KPH

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Facts About Roses

Roses are one of the most sought after and favorite plants, with over 100 species of roses available and most of them originate in Asia, while the rest are from Africa, North America and Europe. Roses were commercialized since early days and plantations of roses existed ever since 500 BC, which led to the creation of over 13,000 varieties of roses over time. Listed below are some of the most astonishing facts about roses that will fascinate you. Black roses? Although there are a few species of roses like The Turkish Halfeti Rose, better known as “The Black Rose of

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Interesting Facts About California

California is ranked among the biggest states in the United States, occupying as much as 70% of the US West Coast. It’s probably the state showing the widest variance when it comes to geography and climatic conditions, as it encompasses lots of extremes when it comes to temperature, altitude, as well as biological diversity. California includes 58 counties and several distinct regions. Due to its enormous length extending from north to south, sometimes it’s referred to as “Southern California” –or “So-Cal” in slang— and Northern California. Northern California is often recognized to include the following regions: Northern Coast San Francisco

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Health Benefits of Brown Rice

The white rice that you commonly see in the supermarket was brown rice once, but it was refined and processed to remove the bran and hull so that it cooks faster and is lighter in color. This process also removes most of the nutrients from the rice, including protein, fiber, calcium, thiamine, potassium, and magnesium. This is why you will find most white rice with “enriched” labels. Those are unnatural additives that are meant to restore the important nutrients that have been lost. Most white rice is fortified or enriched with the iron, zinc, and other vitamins that it lost

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History of the Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower isn’t just a beautiful backdrop for romantic photos and second honeymoons. It has certainly become that over the years, but it started out as the entrance to the World’s Fair in 1889 and was supposed to be torn down shortly after, yet it remains standing tall as one of the most iconic structures in the world. How did this happen? And where did it come from? To know the whole story, you have to start back in 1884 when ideas and sketches started to be shared among a number of architects and designers who wanted the prestige

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