101 Mind Blowing Facts that You Didn’t Know…
Imagine a world full of facts you didn’t know, and how it would feel to read about them. If you’re thinking “OMG that would be amazing“, you’re correct! Here you don’t have to imagine at all – we’ve searched high and low to bring you 200 OMG facts you honestly didn’t know… until now!
#1. In
1325, two Italian city States fought over a bucket which resulted in 2,000
deaths. It started when two soldiers stole a bucket from a well from the city
center.
#2. Four
of the top seven highest-grossing films of all time were released in
2015. Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force
Awakens.
#3. If
the electors of the Holy Roman Emperor did not vote within 30 days, they were
only allowed to eat bread and water, and forbidden to leave the city.
#4. Daniel Craig was an anonymous Storm
Trooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Originally, he denied his
cameo and claimed he wouldn’t bother being an extra in a movie.
#5. One horse can
have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was
coined in the late 18th Century.
#6. Canadian
law requires citizens answer a math question when entering sweepstakes. This is
done to add some aspects of skill to the contest.
#7. In
the 1980’s, the founder of Pringles Fredric Baur, requested to be
buried in a Pringles can. His children honored the request.
#8. Vernor’s
Ginger Ale is the oldest soda still being sold. It was created by Detroit
pharmacist James Vernor, in 1866.
#9. The
only window that opens on the presidential car is the driver’s window, to pay
tolls. It also has no keyholes, and only the Secret Service knows how to open
the doors.
#10. Ziggy
Marley, Bob Marley’s son, wrote the theme song for the popular children’s
cartoon, Arthur, when he was 26.
#11. Cold
showers have more health benefits than hot or warm showers. These include
improving circulation, stimulating weight loss, and easing depression.
#12. Elvis
was originally blonde. He started dying his hair black for an edgier look.
Sometimes, he would touch it up himself using shoe polish.
#13. The
group of spikes at the end of stegosaurid tails are called the “thagomizer.”
They had no distinct name until the term was coined in 1982 by a cartoonist.
#14. Bubble
wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper. The creators tried to make
plastic wallpaper with a paper backing, but it came out with plastic backing.
#15. All
of the sweaters Mister Rogers wore on his show were hand-knitted by his mother.
He said he loved wearing them because they always made him think of her.
#16. Over
290 people have died climbing Mount Everest since 1922. Most deaths occur
because of avalanches, and not all bodies have been recovered.
#17. The
original Star-Spangled Banner was sewn on the floor of a brewery in Baltimore
in 1813 by Mary Pickersgill and her daughter.
#18. All
the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets
repainted every seven years without closing to the public.
#19. The
youngest Pope in history was Pope Benedict IX who was 11 years old at the time
of election. He is also the only person to have been the Pope more than once.
#20. Paul
McCartney was only paid £1 for performing at the 2012 London Olympics Closing
Ceremonies. He willingly donated his performance.
#21. For
nearly 60 years, Texas didn’t have an official State flag between 1879 &
1933. During that time, the Lone Star flag was the active, but unofficial flag.
#22. Though
most think it’s Italian, pepperoni is an American invention. The first use of
the word dates back to 1919.
#23. An
estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in
South Africa: Witwatersrand.
#24. In
Texas, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department it is legal to kill
Bigfoot if you find it. It would be considered a non-protected nongame animal.
#25. In
1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard. They
washed up around the world for the next 20 years.
#26. Nobody
knows how the Academy Awards came to be referred to as the Oscars. The earliest
mention was 1932 and was made official in 1939.
#27. All
new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts are required to visit the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
#28. There
are 30 times more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. It’s estimated
that there are 100 billion stars and 3 trillion trees.
#29. The
largest known prime number has 17,425,170 digits. The new prime number is 2
multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, minus 1.
#30. Medieval
chastity belts are a myth. A great majority of examples now existing were made
in the 18th and 19th centuries as
jokes.
#31. The
thumbs up sign is believed to have originated from Chinese pilots. It was used
to communicate with the ground crew before take-off.
#32. 50%
of apartments in Los Angeles don’t come with a fridge. This is legal, as
fridges are considered an “amenity”, and therefore landlords are not required
to provide one.
#33. Volvo
invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. They
decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves.
#34. It
takes longer to drown in salt water than in freshwater. Because of this, around
90% of drownings occur in freshwater.
#35. Baltimore
is the largest independent city in the U.S. with a population of 621,849.
Meaning, it is not part of any county.
#36. In
2007, Scotland spent £125,000 devising a new national slogan. The winning entry
was: ‘Welcome to Scotland’.
#37. The
original Star Wars premiered on just 32 screens across the U.S. in 1977. This
was to produce buzz as the release widened to more theaters.
#38. The
first service animals were established in Germany during World War I.
References to service animals date as far back as the mid-16th Century.
#39. The
British Pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use at 1,200 years old.
The pound has been an identity as a symbol of British sovereignty.
#40. When
tea started being sold in bags, originally it was intended to be removed from
the bags by customers, but they found it easier to brew the tea still in the
bag.
#41. Wonder
Woman has a black sister, Nubia. She was sculpted from black clay like Diana
was sculpted from white clay.
#42. Since
1497, the United Kingdom has printed their laws
on vellum, made from calf or goat-skin. They continue to do this in order to
uphold the tradition.
#43. In
World War II, Germany tried to collapse the British economy by dropping
millions of counterfeit bills over London.
#44. Popularized
by the Shakespeare play,
many people think Julius Caesar’s last words were “And you, Brutus?” In
reality, he said, “You too, my child?”
#45. The
longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South
Africa. It only ended because the English team would have missed their boat
home.
#46. Of
the 9,000 Blockbuster stores that existed in the early 1990s, at least 10
Blockbusters are open across the U.S. Seven of those are in Alaska.
#47. The
hand and footprints in front of the Chinese Theater tradition started
accidentally when silent film actress, Norma Talmadge stepped on wet cement.
#48. As
a child, Li performed with the Chinese National Wushu Team for President Nixon.
Nixon asked him to be his personal bodyguard, but he declined.
#49. Jupiter
has 69 moons. A few are 12-37 miles in diameter, but most are barely 1 mile in
size. Jupiter itself is 317 times the mass
of the Earth.
#50. The
only difference between kosher salt and table salt is the grain size. Kosher
salt is smaller, and they both come from underground salt deposits.
#51. Sour
Patch Kids are from the same manufacturer as Swedish Fish. The red Sour Patch Kids
are the same candy as Swedish Fish, but with sour sugar.
#52. The
hottest temperature ever recorded in Washington State was at Ice Harbor Dam at
118 °F (47.8 °C) on August 5, 1961.
#53. Kesha
was an extra in Katy Perry's music video for “I Kissed a
Girl.” Katy had some of her friends in the video – among those, a then-unknown
Kesha.
#54. The
Postal Service got its name based on the fact that they originally used USPS to
send each other music tracks because of conflicting schedules.
#55. 30
of the first 31 popes were murdered. Most of them were martyred, but not all
causes of their deaths are known.
#56. Turkey
vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. They can
propel their vomit up to 10 feet.
#57. The
military has used silly string to detect tripwires in Iraq. Before entering a
room, they can squirt it inside. If it hangs in the air, it may have revealed a
wire.
#58. At
one point, 50% of the CD’s produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it. The cost
for the marketing campaign was in the billions – and it worked.
#59. A
mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work
on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement & permission of
six different Christian leaders.
#60. The
Lego Group is the world’s most powerful brand. There are more Lego Minifigures
than there are people on Earth.
#61. Thomas
Edison invented an electric pen in 1876 that was later adapted to become the
first Tattoo machine in
1891.
#62. The
scientific term for brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia. The pain
associated with it is sensed by receptors in the outer covering of the brain.
#63. The
A.D. and B.C. system was not proposed until 525 A.D. by a monk. However, it was
not widely used until the 9th Century.
#64. China
has a series of underground tunnels running 3,000 miles long. They are used to
store and transport mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles.
#65. Scientists
discovered Sharks that are
living in an active underwater volcano. Divers cannot investigate because they
would get burns from the acidity and heat.
#66. Your
tonsils can grow back if there was tissue left behind during the removal
process. Sometimes it’s accidental, other times it’s left on purpose.
#67. The
voice actor of Sponge Bob and the
voice actor of Karen, Plankton’s computer wife, have been married since 1995.
#68. Manatees
can get frostbite in water below 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20°C). Their fat is not
designed to insulate them from the cold.
#69. Space
suits take 5,000 hours to make, costs 1 million dollars, weighs about 110
pounds, and has 11 layers of material.
#70. There
is a statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley that radiates free Wi-Fi. It was done as
an homage to his vision for wireless communication.
#71. When
George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte of France gave a personal eulogy and
ordered a ten-day mourning period for France.
#72. More
than 90% of survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks delayed evacuation to save
their work, shut down computers, change shoes, or visit the bathroom.
#73. Several
of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect or
exaggerated.
#74. It’s
Australian tradition to eat sausages at polling places on election day called
Democracy Sausages. For many communities, this is the biggest fundraising event
of the year.
#75. A
woman was elected to the House of Representatives four years before women even
won the right to vote.
#76. During
1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime
conservation measure. It lasted less than 3 months.
#77. There
is a geocache on the International Space Station placed in 2008. It has since
been visited four times by other astronauts.
#78. The
total weight of all air on Earth is 11 quintillion pounds.
#79. After
the release of the 1996 film “Scream”, which involved an anonymous killer
calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United
States.
#80. When
Blackbeard captured ships, many of the African slaves on board would go on to
become pirates. When he died, nearly one-third of his total crew were former
slaves.
#81. Scrappy-Doo,
widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not
appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience
backlash.
#82. There’s
a town in the Oklahoma panhandle named “Hooker” and its slogan is “it’s a
location, not a vocation”.
#83. Alexander
Hamilton was shot and mortally wounded by Aaron Burr on the same spot that his
son had been killed 3 years before and by the same set of pistols.
#84. Barry
Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald's, State Farm, and BandAids.
#85. In
Ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a woman was a symbolic declaration of
love, and to catch it was to show acceptance of that love.
#86. Top 20 most-watched TV broadcasts in the United States, 19 were Super
Bowls and the other was the 1983 finale of MASH.
#87. There
is an insurance policy issued against alien abduction. Around 50,000 policies
have been sold, mainly to residents of the U.S. and England.
#88. Rednex,
the band who remixed and popularized Cotton Eye Joe is not
Southern, but Swedish. They all have Southern sounding stage names.
#89. There
is a company in Japan that has schools that teach you how to be funny. The first
one opened in 1982. About 1,000 students take the course each year.
#90. The
insurance company backing the payouts for “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” sued
the show for being too easy.
#91. Chocolate can help stop tooth decay.
Specifically, parts of the cocoa bean can thwart mouth bacteria, even more.
#92. Dogs
can be allergic to humans – specifically, their dander. While being treated for
this allergy, it can take up to 12 months for a dog to recover.
#93. Marie
Antoinette’s last words were to her executioner after accidentally stepping on
his foot, saying, “Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it.”
#94. Fruit
stickers are edible, though the same with any fruit, washing prior to eating is
recommended. The glue used for them is regulated by the FDA.
#95. 3
inches of ice can support one person, on foot. 4 inches can support a group of
people, a single file. 36 inches can support up to 110 tons of weight.
#96. The
world’s smallest mammal, a Bumblebee Bat, weights about the same as a
U.S. dime. Native to Myanmar and Thailand, these bats are endangered.
#97. In
total for the' The Lego Movie', 3,863,484 unique Lego bricks were used.
15,080,330 Lego pieces would be needed to recreate the movie with 183 different
types of Lego Minifigures.
#98. The
Rancor from smash-hit movie saga Star Wars was based on a
cross between a bear and a potato.
#99. The
smallest thing ever photographed is the shadow of an atom. A team at Griffiths
University used a super high-resolution microscope to capture the image.
#100. Out
of the millions of creatures on Earth, humans are only 1
of 3 species capable of laughter, the other 2 being chimpanzees and rats.
#101. The Welsh word for ‘Jellyfish’ is Psygod wibli wobli.
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