Random facts, you have probably never heard of
- Anastasia Semerad
- 12. Jan. 2021
- 2 Min. Lesezeit
Ever asked yourself, what do I know and what do I not know? Probably not, but now you did. Here are some facts you will be happy you know now:
- There are many islands in Japan which have more cats than human.
- Alcohol was invented before the wheel
- J.K. Rowling invented Quidditch in a pub!
- Your hair contains traces of gold
- A butt is a real unit of measurement for a cask of wine. A buttload is about 108 Imperial gallons.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a U.S. dollar.
- The number 4 is the only number with the same number of letters as the meaning of its name.
- Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, suggested answering calls with "ahoy."
- There are beaches in the Maldives that glow in the dark.
- Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the scientific term for brain freeze.
- In Queensland, it's illegal to own a pet rabbit unless you're a magician.
- A black cat crossing your path is considered good luck in Germany.
- Jim Henson made his first Kermit puppet using his mother's old coat and two halves of a ping pong ball.
- Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
- In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
- Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15 to 1.
- The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
- The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.
- Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
- When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
- Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
- Their is an illness called Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) which makes cows go mad and causes abnormal behavior in human.
- The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
- The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
We hope you enjoyed the facts and wish you a Mad Cow Disease free day!
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