“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Another alliteration and another bunch of fascinating fun facts.
Throw a few of these out when you get the opportunity and dazzle you friends with your new knowledge.
Well, you’ll probably get one of those odd quizzical looks at least.
Enjoy.
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A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.
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The word “set” has the most number of definitions in the English language; 192
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Hong Kong has more Rolls Royce cars per capita than any other city.
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The longest name in the Bible is Mahershalalbaz.
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In a survey of 200,000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
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Elephants have the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom at 22 months.
The longest human pregnancy on record is 17 months, 11 days.
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Possums have one of the shortest pregnancies at 16 days.
The shortest human pregnancy to produce a healthy baby was 22 weeks, 6 days
— the baby was the length of a ballpoint pen.
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In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
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Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.
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Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
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One in ten people live on an island.
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Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”.
It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”
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Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
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The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan who refused to brand his cattle.
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Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
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Chrysler built B29’s that bombed Japan.
Mitsubishi built the Zeros that tried to shoot them down.
Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
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Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word “criminal.”
The second? William Jefferson Clinton
It can’t be a coincidence, it really can’t!!!
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The country code for Russia is “007”.
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These are fascinating! Most were new to me but there were a few I had forgotten. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment, Glad you liked it.
Had to stop to let you know you’re still on my radar – and hoping to return to a more regular routine of visiting and posting soon! …. and I got an idea for a down-the-road post here!
Great! Thanks for calling in.
Well, your Chrysler one doesn’t work anymore, but you could do this – “Chrysler built tanks for the US Army in WW2. FIAT built airplanes and guns for the Italian Army in WW2. FIAT now owns Chrysler”. 😉
And Maine is NOT the only state with one syllable. You’ve OBVIOUSLY never been to “Nyawk”. 😀
Dagnabit the Chrysler FIAT is a better one, but you’re reaching a bit with Nyawk 🙂
Verrrrrrry Interesting!
Thank you.