Fifteen Fascinating Facts From Fasab’s Flipping Files

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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I seem to be running out of ‘F’ words for my titles to these. Sorry for the repetition but I’m trying to avoid using the obvious in case it might offend.

Nevertheless, it’s time for a few more strange facts. Curious things that you probably never knew or even though of before. After you read this, of course, you will know them, whether you care to ever think of them again is entirely up to you.

Enjoy.

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If you mouth the word “Colorful”

it looks like you are mouthing “I Love You”.

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Astronauts have a patch of velcro inside their helmets

so they can scratch their nose

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Your cell phone has more bacteria than a toilet seat

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About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U.S. everyday.

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It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery

than the celery had in it to begin with.

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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited,

has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.

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Keeping you car tuned up is a good way to save on gas.

A car that is tuned up is 9% more efficient on gas.

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Acupuncture was first used as a medical treatment

in 2700 BC by Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung.

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13% of Americans actually believe

that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.

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A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

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In ancient Rome,

when a man gave sworn evidence in court

he would swear on his testicles,

hence the term testifying.

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John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

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There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

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The word “lethologica” describes the state of

not being able to remember the word you want.

 

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Did you try mouthing the word “Colorful” in a mirror?

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A Few More Random Questions

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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This seems to be the week of questions on the fasab blog. It wasn’t planned that way, sometimes things just happen coincidentally, although you would have a job on your hands trying to convince a conspiracy theorist about that.

On Sunday we had questions in the form of a test, yesterday some quiz show questions (although the stars were the answers) and today another selection of those questions most of us ignore, but when we see them we think, “Yeah, why didn’t I ever ask that?”.

So here is the latest batch for you to think about.

Enjoy.

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 Why is there an expiration date on my sour cream container?

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Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

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Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?

 

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If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest and there is no one around, will it make a sound?

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Why don’t you ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”?

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Why is it that Easy Listening music is so hard to listen to?

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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?

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Why can’t you be a non-conformist like everyone else?

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If swimming is good for your shape, then why do the whales look the way they do?

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Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

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If you had everything, where would you put it?

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Why are men’s and women’s shoe sizes different?

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How do blind people know their stick is white?

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Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?

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If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry?

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If you’re cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

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If most streets in Japan do not have any names how do you address a letter to someone?

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If Tarzan was raised in the jungle by apes, why doesn’t he ever have a beard?

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Before drawing boards were invented what was it people went back to?

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