“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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