50 interesting facts for you
Were you ever in a conversation where you’ve had that awkward silence where neither of you have nothing to talk about? Just take a look at these facts that I’ve put for you! Everyone’ll show more interest in you and in what you speak as the person who starts conversations are the ones who are most likely to be recognized as the smart and friendly one in the group..
You actually might’ve known a few facts already:
~Eyebrowless Mona Lisa
~Tongue is the strongest muscle in our body
~You can’t lick your elbow
Now let’s dive deep into some unknown ones
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- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky
Palindrome- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
All polar bears are left handed.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.(1823, 1826)
Peanuts aren’t technically nuts-They’re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it’s “a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.” That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren’t nuts either. They’re seeds.
Armadillo shells are bulletproof
The longest English word is 189,819 letters long
Octopuses lay 56,000 eggs at a time
Turkeys can blush-When turkeys are scared or excited — like when the males see a female they’re interested in — the pale skin on their head and neck turns bright red, blue, or white. The flap of skin over their beaks, called a “snood,” also reddens.
Golf balls tend to have 336 “dimples.”
The current American flag was designed by a high school student — —
It started as a school project for Bob Heft’s junior-year history class, and it only earned a B- in 1958. His design had 50 stars even though Alaska and Hawaii weren’t states yet. Heft figured the two would earn statehood soon and showed the government his design. After President Dwight D. Eisenhower called to say his design was approved, Heft’s teacher changed his grade to an A.
Human noses and ears keep getting bigger, even when the rest of the body’s growth has come to a halt.
No number before 1,000 contains the letter A(except for using “and”)
The inventor of the microwave appliance only received $2 for his discovery-Percy Spencer was the inventor
Medical errors are a top cause of death-According to a Johns Hopkins research team, 250,000 deaths in the United States are caused by medical error each year. This makes medical error the third-leading cause of deaths in the country.
Paint used to be stored in pig bladders
Beethoven never knew how to multiply or divide. Ludwig van Beethoven is arguably one of the greatest composers in musical history. The renowned pianist went to a Latin school called Tirocinium. There he learned some math, but never multiplication or division, only addition.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne started Apple Inc. on April Fools’ Day. The three technology innovators signed the documents to form the Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976. However, the company was not fully incorporated until January 3, 1977. Thirty years later, the company was renamed Apple Inc. and is no joke. In 2018, Apple Inc. became the country’s first trillion-dollar company.
The world’s first novel ends mid-sentence. The Tale of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century, is considered the world’s first novel. After reading 54 intricately crafted chapters, the reader is stopped abruptly mid-sentence. One translator believes the work is complete as is, but another says we’re missing a few more pages of the story.
A woman called the police when her ice cream didn’t have enough sprinkles. The West Midlands police in England released a recording of a woman who called 999 (the U.K. version of 911) because there were “bits on one side and none on the other,” she says in the recording. She was even more upset when the ice cream truck man did not want to give her money back.
The MGM lion roar is trademarked At the start of any movie made by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, there’s the iconic lion that roars at the audience. While MGM has gone through several iterations of lion mascots, the sound of the roar is always the same. The company trademarked the “sound mark” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the ’80s.
Neil Armstrong’s hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000 The lucky buyer, John Reznikoff, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of hair from historical celebrities, reports NBC.
Bananas glow blue under black lights. To the everyday eye under normal conditions, ripe bananas appear yellow due to organic pigments called carotenoids. When bananas ripen, chlorophyll begins to break down. This pigment is the element that makes bananas glow, or “fluoresce,” under UV lights and appear blue.
Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are in New York City
A British teen changed his name to “Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.”
A one-armed player scored the winning goal in the first World Cup. Héctor Castro played on the Uruguay soccer team during the first ever World Cup in 1930. In the last game between Uruguay versus Argentina, Castro scored the winning goal in the last minute of the game. The final score was 4–2, making Uruguay the first country to win the World Cup title.
Adult cats are lactose intolerant
The 3 E’s in Mercedes are spelt differently
“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt”
If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called “eigengrau.”
Cats can’t taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.
“Tesseradecades,” “aftercataracts,” and “sweaterdresses” are the longest words you can type using only your left hand.
Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.
Apple seeds contain cyanide. — —
The tiny black seeds found in the fruit contain a plant compound called amygdalin that turns into hydrogen cyanide if the seeds are chewed or digested,( Medical News Today). Seeing as cyanide is poisonous (even deadly in high doses), you should definitely spit those seeds out.The same goes for apricot, peach, and cherry seeds, which contain the compound as well.
Your body contains about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
Jupiter is twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.
There are giant technicolor squirrels in India.
Riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones. After multiple people claimed that they had passed kidney stones while riding Walt Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride, a research team from Michigan State University decided to take a look at the situation in 2016. When they conducted tests using a model kidney, they found that there was a 64 percent successful pass rate for those seated in the rear of the roller coaster. But that number was just 16 percent for those seated in the front.
Dr. Seuss invented the word “nerd.”
There’s a city called “Rome” on every continent except Antarctica
Octopuses and squid have three hearts.
The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. Email Inbox {New Words} Shutterstock Ray Tomlinson is often credited with inventing email (although that claim has been disputed). He sent the first email message to himself in 1971. “The test messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them,” he wrote on his website. “Most likely the first message was QWERTYUIOP or something similar. When I was satisfied that the program seemed to work, I sent a message to the rest of my group explaining how to send messages over the network. The first use of network email announced its own existence.”
Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.
The tool used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called a “Brannock Device.”
The longest hiccupping attack lasted 68 years.
The longest hiccupping attack lasted 68 years.
There you have it!
Now, whenever you’re stuck in an awkward stop in the conversation; use these as ice breakers!
Peace Out
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