“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Fascinating facts never seem to come to an end, thank goodness.
Here is the latest selection from the fasab files. Always random, but I hope always interesting, there has to be at least one thing in here that you didn’t know.
Enjoy finding out.
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The Lion King is the top grossing Disney movie of all-time
with domestic gross intake of $312 million.
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The winter and summer seasons on Uranus
last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.
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‘Cow’ is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
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The Nobel prizes (in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine,
Literature, and Peace) were first awarded in 1901.
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The idea of Christmas cards was invented
by Englishman Henry Cole in 1843.
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Before its name was changed, the ‘African’ Penguin
used be called the ‘Jackass’ Penguin
because of its donkey-like braying call.
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The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.
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More than $1 billion is spent each year on neck ties in the United States.
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Ballroom dancing is a course at
Brigham Young University in Utah.
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New York’s famous Central Park has 125 drinking fountains.
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Before soccer referees started using whistles in 1878,
they used to rely on waving a handkerchief.
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Jackrabbits (or Hares) can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour
and can leap as far as twenty feet.
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Cheesecake was invented in Ancient Greece
and served to athletes at the very first Olympic Games.
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As a rule, European carousels rotate clockwise,
while American merry-go-rounds spin counterclockwise.
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In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage,
Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom,
which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip.
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The trunk of an elephant can hold up to two gallons of water.
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In the movie “Babe”, the piglet was played by
over 30 different piglets as they outgrew the part so quickly
during the production of the film.
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There are more Barbie dolls in Italy
than there are Canadians in Canada.
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Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru,
an island nation in the Western Pacific.
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Despite the horrific display, nearly two-thirds of those
aboard the LZ 129 Hindenburg survived its fiery crash in 1937.
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I imagine Ballroom Dance is a course at many colleges because it was at mine and I know of other people who took it at their college. Meanwhile, Henry Cole was quite a card.
I thought that one would be for you 🙂
FYI: But I didn’t take it in college.
I’m really not quite sure what to make of the Barbie factoid. Either there are far less Canadians than I thought or Italians have a really big crush on Barbie 🙂
I think it’s something to do with bunga bunga Berlusconi 🙂
I learn something new every time I read your posts!
Nice comment, thanks.
I liked the part about the cheesecake. And there was the bit about Canadians again…
Yes Canadians seem to feature.