“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes folks, another fabulous fasab fact day.
Another random dive into the archives. I’m just as surprised as anyone else with what comes out.
I hope you enjoy.
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In 2012 Wallace Weatherholt, a Florida airboat captain
whose hand was bitten off by a 9-foot alligator,
was arrested and charged
with unlawfully feeding an alligator!
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The more you talk about a person to others,
the more you fall in love with that person.
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Adidas was founded by a former member of the Nazi Party, Adolf Dassler.
Adi was a nickname and ‘das’ the first 3 letters of his last name.
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There are about 7,000 languages in the world.
There are about 2,200 languages in Asia.
1/4 of the world’s population speaks at least some English.
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There are 12 imaginary languages in Lord of The Rings.
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The numbers ‘172’ can be found
on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill
in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
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In 1221 Ghengis Khan killed 1,748,000
people at Nishapur in one hour.
(I think he had help!)
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The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the
number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
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There are more politicians in the US
than there are Pandas in the world.
(Were it the other way round I reckon
the country would be in a better condition!)
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There is a Titanic II currently being built as a replica
and successor of the ill-fated Olympic-class RMS Titanic.
The project was announced by Australian billionaire Clive Palmer
in April 2012, as the flagship of his cruise company Blue Star Line,
with an intended launch date in 2016.
The ship’s inaugural voyage will be the same as that of the
original Titanic, from Southampton to New York.
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Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
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The most expensive cow in the world is Missy,
a three year old black and white Holstein cow from Canada,
sold for $1.2 million dollars
at the Morsan Road to the Royal Sale in Uxbridge, Ontario.
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It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time
that the King James Version of the Bible was written.
In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake
and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
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“Karaoke” means “empty orchestra” in Japanese.
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The man who provided the voice of cartoon legend Bugs Bunny,
Mel Blanc, was in a serious car accident and was in a coma.
After many unsuccessful attempts to get him to talk,
a doctor asked “Bugs can you her me?”
to which Mel responded in the voice of Bugs Bunny,
“What’s up doc?”
The doctors used this to lead him out of the coma.
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