Columbia, Switzerland, North Korea And Mongolia. What A Collection Of Facts!

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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What a collection of facts indeed and not one of them about Cinco de Mayo. How I resisted that I’, not sure. Maybe next year???

But today it’s facts that somebody knows and facts that nobody knows.

But at least after you read today’s post you will know the facts that nobody knows, except that then somebody will know them.

Enough of that, here they are.

Enjoy.

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Nobody knows who owns the patent

for fire hydrants because the patent office

in which the records were being held burned down.

 

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You could fit all the platinum every mined

into an average size home.

 

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During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965,

Ed White became the first American

to conduct a spacewalk.

The EVA started over the Pacific Ocean

near Hawaii and lasted 23 minutes,

ending over the Gulf of Mexico.

 

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Colombia is estimated to be the

second largest economy in South America,

right behind Brazil.

 

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When the Persians beheaded the Mongolian envoy,

Genghis Khan retaliated by killing nearly 90% of their population.

According to some estimates, Iran’s population didn’t

reach its pre-Mongol levels until the mid-1900s.

 

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Kim Il-Sung, the founder of North Korea,

was born on the same day that the Titanic sank.

It wasn’t really a great day, was it?

 

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The first man to die working on the Hoover Dam

was killed on December 20 1922.

He was J G Tierney.

The last man to die working on the Hoover Dam

was killed on December 20 1935.

He was J G Tierney’s son.

 

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Italians don’t usually drink

cappuccino after 11 AM.

 

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The term ‘Zero tolerance’ was first used

by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

in referring to their policy on pesticides

in food items (e.g. no mercury in milk).

It was later attributed to the famous

War on Drugs by strictly applying

the law in problem areas.

 

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The Bada Bing strip club location used throughout

the hit TV series ‘The Sopranos’

is actually a go-go bar in Lodi, NJ, called Satin Dolls.

 

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Switzerland has some of the most

liberal gun laws of any country,

with 2.3 to 4.5 million guns in

a population of 8 million.

It also has one of the lowest

crime rates in the world.

 

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The budget for the two “The Hobbit” movies

is almost twice the budget of 

the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

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Pacemakers, Bald Heads And Pyramids, Just Some Of Today’s Facts.

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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It’s an odd mixture of facts today.

“When is it not?”, you may well ask.

So if you have a bald head or not peruse these at your leisure and….

Enjoy.

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The first heart pacemakers

plugged into the wall.

 

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While he was still contracted to play Bond,

Pierce Brosnan wasn’t allowed to wear a tuxedo

in any film where he wasn’t playing Bond.

 

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Strangely the weird-sounding phrase

‘Break A Leg’

is mainly used when you want

to wish someone good luck.

Although there are different theories

about when it was first used,

the consensus is that the phrase originated in

British theater circles back in the 1920s.

 

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Every April 12th, Yuri’s night

(after the first human in space Yuri Gagarin)

is celebrated internationally to commemorate

space milestones & boost public interest

in space exploration.

 

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During WWI, American hamburgers

(named after the German city of Hamburg)

were renamed Salisbury steak.

Frankfurters,

which were named after Frankfurt, Germany,

were called “liberty sausages,”

and dachshunds became “liberty dogs.”

Schools stopped teaching German, and

German-language books were burned.

 

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One of the most popular drinks in

Cambodia is Tarantula Brandy;

a delectable concoction that includes

rice liquor and freshly dead tarantulas.

 

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Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object

within quantum physics that drastically simplifies

calculations of particle interactions and challenges

the notion that space and time are fundamental

components of reality.

 

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The Great Wall of China has been visited

by an immense number of famous people

and politicians including several American presidents

such as George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan,

Richard M. Nixon and Barack Obama.

 

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There was an attempt to destroy

the Giza pyramids in the 12th century.

Al-Aziz, a Kurdish ruler and

the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt,

tried to demolish them but had to give up

because the task was too big.

However, he did succeed in damaging

Menkaure’s Pyramid where he left a

large vertical gash in its north face.

 

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The day before the Titanic sank

a life boat drill was planned which would have

allowed passengers to practice what to do

in the case of an emergency.

It was cancelled.

 

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The so-called father of Greek tragedy,

Aeschylus,

was himself involved in a fatal tragedy.

As the legendary playwright was working on a new play

an eagle that had mistaken his bald head for a rock

suitable for shattering the turtle’s shell

dropped a turtle on his head and killed him.

(and presumably the turtle)

 

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There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana,

some of the most common nicknames include

pot, grass, weed, hash, hemp or ganja

and ……..I forgot the other one…. shit!

 

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In some countries, ants and their larvae

are eaten as a delicacy.

The eggs of two ant species are used

in a Mexican specialty called “Escamoles”.

The eggs are considered a form of insect caviar

and can sell for as much as USD 40 per pound.

 

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More than a century before the Apollo 11,

writer Jules Verne wrote in his book

“From the Earth to the Moon”

that a rocket would launch from Florida

and fly to the moon.

He predicted the name of the ship, Apollo,

as well as the number of astronauts aboard and

the feeling of weightlessness once on the moon.

 

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Surprisingly, many viewers who use the

YouTube web site to watch music videos, pranks,

and short viral videos, ignore the fact that there are

over seven thousand hours of full-length movies

and TV shows on YouTube as well.

Here’s a greatly under-rated movie 

about the Kennedy Assassination conspiracy

made long before Oliver Stone’s version.

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From Fasab’s Freaky Fact Folio

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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Today a few more freaky facts for those interested in having a few unusual things to say when the opportunity arises.

Enjoy.

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There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human.

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If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.

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Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours.

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At the age of 26, Michelangelo began sculpting his monumental statue of David.

He finished it seventeen months later, in January, 1504.

 

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There is a doggy disco held in Italy every year where owners can dance with their dogs.

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Each person’s ears are unique.

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More people are afraid of spiders than death.

Amazingly, few people are afraid of Champagne corks

even though you are more likely to be killed by one than by a spider.

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The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

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In 1958 Entomologist W.G. Bruce published a list of Arthropod references in the Bible.

The most frequently named bugs from the Bible are:

Locust: 24, Moth: 11, Grasshopper: 10, Scorpion: 10, Caterpillar: 9, and Bee: 4.

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Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.

Well they can’t see until it’s too late 🙂 

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A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

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Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins

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The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic,

and she provided twenty-five years of service.

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When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it.

Only 706 survived.

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Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

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