Some Interesting Facts

[coolguy]

General Interesting Facts


Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.


Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e."

Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery.

There was once a town in West Virginia called "6."

Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox.

Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

"Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish.

2,500 lefties die each year using products designed for rightists.

On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.

Napoleon was terrified of cats.

The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."

The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.

Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.

The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.

The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.
At any one time, there are 100 million phone conversations going on in the United States.

The world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.

The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse.

Sir Isaac Newton, who invented Calculus, had trouble with names to the point where he would forget his brothers' names.

It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.

Cacao, the main ingredient of chocolate is the most pest-ridden tree in the jungle.

The average person can live 11 days without water.

In 1221 Genghis Khan killed 1,748,000 people at Nishapur in one hour.

King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats.

[symulhaque]

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[mitchellparker]

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[samsingh123]

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