“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Today we are featuring Fasab’s Fun Fact File.
Another selection of random and interesting facts that may well come in handier than you think!
And you are about to read, or try to, some of the longest words ever presented in the history of blog!!!
Enjoy.
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Honeybees use the sun as a compass which helps them navigate
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An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes
kissing in their car in a lifetime
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The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour
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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket
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On an American one-dollar bill,
there is an owl in the upper right-hand corner of the “1” encased in the “shield”
and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner
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A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space
aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957
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On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials
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People whose mouth has a narrow roof are more likely to snore.
This is because they have less oxygen going through their nose
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In one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes.
This amounts to approximately two kilograms in a year
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The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles
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Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot
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The phrase
“Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride,”
actually originates from an advertisement
for Listerine mouthwash from 1924
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Pluto was discovered on February 10, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh
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America’s longest place-name is really Massachusetts’
“Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamauugg”
Native American for
“you fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fish in the middle,”
It is also known as Lake Webster.
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The longest town name in the United Kingdom (and Europe) is in Wales
“Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch”
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In New Zealand there is
“Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu”,
which translates roughly as
“The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains,
the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”.
At 85 letters, it has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name in the entire world.
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But that doesn’t include the formal name or Bangkok, Thailand which is over 150 letters long
“Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthan
iburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit”
The translation here is pretty much the unabridged history of the city rather than a word.
krungthep mahanakhon
The land of angels, the great city of
amorn rattanakosin
immortality, various of devine gems,
mahintara yudthaya mahadilok pohp
the great angelic land unconquerable,
noparat rajathanee bureerom
land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital,
udomrajniwes mahasatarn
place of the grand royal palace,
amorn pimarn avaltarnsatit
forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits,
sakatattiya visanukram prasit
predestined and created by the highest devas.
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