Fact File Fun Facts

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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Fact file fun facts it says and fact file fun facts they are.

As random as ever, you’re sure to find something that you didn’t know before.

Enjoy.

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A shrimp can swim backwards.

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Kathleen Casey-Kirschling of Philadelphia

was born at 12:00:01 A.M., Eastern time, on January 1st, 1946.

This not only made her the first child born in the United States that year,

but also made her the first “Baby Boomer.”

 

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At 6000 degrees Kelvin,

the surface of the Sun is actually one of its coolest spots.

Both the Sun’s interior and its corona

measure in the millions of degrees Kelvin.

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Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old

when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.

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When Burger King decided to sell fast-food Down Under,

they found that there was already a local carry-out restaurant called “Burger King.”

As a result, if you’re looking for a Whopper in Australia today,

you’ll have to go to a chain called “Hungry Jack’s.”

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More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.

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If you combine the electoral college results

of the ’80 and ’84 elections, Reagan won 1014-62.

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In the United States the two-digit Interstate numbers

are designed to let drivers know the general direction of the highway.

If the Interstate has an odd number, it runs north-south.

Interstates with even numbers run east-west.

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More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia)

than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

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Goosebumps are actually caused by a muscle.

It is called the arrector pili muscle.

Doesn’t knowing that give you…

I mean, stimulate your arrector pili muscle?

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The word “samba” means “to rub navels together.”

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Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp,

which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw

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All dogs are the same species, meaning that

(notwithstanding the obvious physical challenge)

a Chihuahua and a St. Bernard could procreate.

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Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin

were born on the exact same day.

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The Chicago River used to flow into Lake Michigan,

but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers switched it to flow backwards,

AWAY from the lake, for sanitation purposes.

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Swedish pop sensations ABBA had to negotiate the rights

to their name with a canned fish company.

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In the 16th century, gin was referred to as “mother’s ruin”

because people thought it could induce an abortion.

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The Neanderthal’s brain was actually

bigger than yours is, not smaller.

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The area where Washington, D.C., now stands

was originally a mosquito-infested swamp.

It took years to drain and clear the land before the

nation’s government was moved to the city in 1800.

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William Wrigley originally started in the baking powder business.

With his powder, he gave a free pack of his gum.

He later abandoned the baking powder business

when he learned that people were buying it just to get the gum.

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Scared Of This, Scared Of That, Scared Of The Other Thing Too, Phobias part two

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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Last week was the first installment in the list of phobias that afflict some unfortunate people. I think everyone, including me, was shocked both at the number of phobias and at the wide range of otherwise ‘normal’ things that people have developed an irrational and heightened fear of.

These lists may seem long, but they are actually my edited version of the information I have researched, so count yourselves lucky on that score!

In the ‘B’ list there are the more understandable or perhaps excusable things like Bacillophobia (fear of microbes) or Bacteriophobia (fear of bacteria), and in the ‘C’ list things like Cholerophobia (fear of anger or the fear of cholera) or Claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), but apart from those it just gets silly. See for yourself. 

Here’s the list:    

 

Ballistophobia ……….. fear of missiles or bullets.

 

Bolshephobia ……….. fear of Bolsheviks.

 

Barophobia ……….. fear of gravity.

 

Basophobia or Basiphobia ……….. inability to stand or fear of walking or falling.

 

Bathmophobia ……….. fear of stairs or steep slopes.

 

Bathophobia ……….. fear of depth.

 

Batophobia ……….. fear of heights or being close to high buildings.

 

Batrachophobia ………. fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.

 

Belonephobia ……….. fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)

 

Bibliophobia ……….. fear of books.

 

Blennophobia ……….. fear of slime.

 

Bogyphobia ……….. fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.

 

Botanophobia ……….. fear of plants.

 

Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia ……….. fear of body smells.

 

Brontophobia ……….. fear of thunder and lightning.

 

Bufonophobia ……….. fear of toads.

 

Cacophobia ……….. fear of ugliness.

 

Cainophobia or Cainotophobia ……….. fear of newness, novelty.

 

Caligynephobia ……….. fear of beautiful women.

 

Carnophobia ……….. fear of meat.

 

Catagelophobia ……….. fear of being ridiculed.

 

Catapedaphobia ……….. fear of jumping from high and low places.

 

Cathisophobia ……….. fear of sitting.

 

Catoptrophobia ……….. fear of mirrors.

 

Cenophobia or Centophobia ……….. fear of new things or ideas.

 

Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia ……….. fear of thunder and lightning. (Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)

 

Chaetophobia ……….. fear of hair.

 

Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia ……….. fear of cold. (Frigophobia, Psychophobia)

 

Chemophobia ……….. fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.

 

Cherophobia ……….. fear of gaiety.

 

Chiclephobia ……….. fear of chewing gum

 

Chionophobia ……….. fear of snow.

 

Chiraptophobia ……….. fear of being touched.

 

Chirophobia ……….. fear of hands.

 

Chiroptophobia ……….. fear of bats.

 

Chorophobia ……….. fear of dancing.

 

Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia ……….. fear of money.

 

Chromophobia or Chromatophobia ……….. fear of colors.

 

Chronophobia ……….. fear of time.

 

Chronomentrophobia ……….. fear of clocks.

 

Cibophobia ……….. fear of food. (Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)

 

Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia ……….. fear of being locked in an enclosed place.

 

Cleptophobia ………. fear of stealing.

 

Climacophobia ……….. fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.

 

Clinophobia ……….. fear of going to bed.

 

Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia ……….. fear of being enclosed.

 

Cnidophobia ……….. fear of stings.

 

Cometophobia ……….. fear of comets.

 

Coimetrophobia ……….. fear of cemeteries.

 

Coitophobia ……….. fear of coitus.

 

Consecotaleophobia ……….. fear of chopsticks

 

Contreltophobia ……….. fear of sexual abuse.

 

Coprastasophobia ……….. fear of constipation.

 

Coprophobia ……….. fear of feces.

 

Coulrophobia ……….. fear of clowns.

 

Cremnophobia ……….. fear of precipices.

 

Cryophobia ……….. fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.

 

Cryptophobia ……….. fear of things that are hidden

 

Crystallophobia ……….. fear of crystals or glass.

 

Cyberphobia ……….. fear of computers or working on a computer.

 

Cyclophobia ……….. fear of bicycles.

 

Cymophobia or Kymophobia ……….. fear of waves or wave like motions.

 

Cynophobia ……….. fear of dogs or rabies.

 

Cyprinophobia ……….. fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

 

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