Did You Know? – Today Is Fact Day.

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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Yes it’s fact day at the fasab blog, and that means another totally random selection of facts that – not only you never knew – but facts that you never knew you never knew.

Here they are.

Enjoy

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Saturn’s rings are only between

30 and 300 feet thick.

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Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits.
(I bet they were English!)

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The Constitution of the Confederate States

of America banned the slave trade.

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When the American Civil War started,

Confederate Robert E. Lee owned no slaves,

but Union general U.S. Grant did.

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The Siberian rift lake, Lake Baikal,

is not only the deepest lake on Earth

but it also has the largest volume containing

roughly 20% of the Earth’s surface fresh water.

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Officially, the longest war in history was between

the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.

It lasted from 1651 to 1986.

There were no casualties.

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Neil Armstrong went through U.S. customs

in Honolulu, Hawaii,

on the way back from the moon.

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The original Tron movie did not win an Academy Award

for best special effects because the judges said

they cheated by using computers.

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70% of murders in Detroit go unsolved.

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Sorry guys, but Trojan Magnum condoms

are designed for most men to fit into

so that most purchases include an ego boost.

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Karl Marx was once a correspondent

for the New York Daily Tribune.

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The straw was probably invented by Egyptian brewers

to taste in-process beer without removing the fermenting ingredients

which floated on the top of the container.

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The name for fungal remains found in coal is sclerotinite.

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The forward pass was created by the football

team at Saint Louis University.

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During his Presidency Bill Clinton sent a total of two emails.

(I guess he was busy doing other things!)

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