- In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. I have so many questions. HOW?? WHAAA?
- A dentist invented the electric chair. Hmm, the chairs to resemble each other, so wow.
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
- Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. YIKES! How do we know this??
- Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backward.
- Salt used to be a currency.
- A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel can.
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of only 24 hours.
- One single teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees.
- It’s impossible for you to lick your own elbow.
- Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
- The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year. Engineers failed to account for the weight of all the books that it would eventually hold. Doesn’t seem like they’re good at being engineers if they didn’t account for the weight of the books…
- Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- The U.S. Air Force introduced Bob Ross to painting. Wow. I fascinating.
- Punctuation wasn’t always a part of our written language. I wonder how many disasters were caused before someone decided a comma was important to save the human race. lol.
- Pound cake originally included a pound of all of its ingredients. That would make for a heavy cake, but makes sense.
- The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
- About 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out weird sexual positions per year. Ack! Be careful out there friends.
- More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude. I’m not a millenial.
- There are 293 ways to make a change for a dollar.
- The average person has four to six dreams a night. I have 4-6 nightmares.
- It’s possible to turn peanut butter into diamonds. Damn. Maybe I should start liking peanut butter!
- Your body contains about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
- There is only one walled city in North America. I wonder, does our resident Canuck, know what city this is?
- The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. I wonder what the email said.
- Antarctica is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.
- The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ head enables it to see all four feet at all times. That would be “trippy” lol
- Napoleon’s penis was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000. What in the actual fuck? Wonder who has the penis now…
- A piece of paper can be folded no more than 9 times. Try this and let me know your result..
3 Comments
Molly Amber
Fun Facts are so great, Here’s one for you, Did you know that John
Willams of STAR WARS fame, Got his start writing musci for Gillagan’s Island,
Angel
No, I did not know that.. that’s a fun fact!
Jim
The largest cell is an ostrich egg, the largest ostrich egg.