Interesting facts about home and

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The term “housewarming” is pretty literal.

 Back in the old days, guests would bring piles of wood to the new home and light fires in the fireplaces. Not only did this keep the home’s new residents warm and cosy, it was also thought to ward off evil spirits and protect the new inhabitants from the unrest of any previous owners.

A red front door is symbolic• Ancient Hebrew civilisation believed that a red door

could protect first-born children from the Angel of Death.

• A red door served as a beacon for travellers, and let them know that they could knock on that door for a safe place to sleep.

• A red door in Scotland means your mortgage has been paid off.

Google use goats

The Googleplex, where Google’s head office is housed, uses goats to keep their lawns trimmed.

In Japan, houses can levitate• A Japanese firm has developed a house that can

levitate. The house can only rise about three centimetres off of the ground, but experts say that this could be a life-saving mechanism.

• As soon as the base of the structure sensors movement underneath it, it springs into motion and hovers. This is believed to save countless lives in the future, as the devastating effects of earthquakes will reduce significantly.

Fun houses in Japan

• There is a three storey house in Nakameguro that has steps going up one side of it and a slide going down the other.

• To top it all off, the builders were kind enough to add a ball pit to it.

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Brass doorknobs disinfect themselves

• It is believed that doorknobs were crafted out of brass and copper because the ions in the metal are not hospitable to germs, spores and fungi

• Within about eight hours, all germs are said to die away

In England, plants kill • There is an entire plot in England filled with

plants that can kill you.

• With over 100 species of flora, the inscription on the garden’s gates read “These plants can kill.”

• The garden boasts the infamous Hemlock plant, which is well-known the world over as the plant that killed Socrates.

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Source: http://www.perfectplot.co.za/interesting-facts-about-real-estate/