Fun Fact – 21 December 2016

  • funfact10_zpsa21e470dThe Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
  • In Poole, ‘Pound World’ went out of business because of a store across the road called ’99p Stores’, which was selling the same products but for just 1 pence cheaper!
  • About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.
  • The French language has seventeen different words for ‘surrender’.
  • Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
  • Bob Dylan’s real name is Robert Zimmerman.
  • A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out :p
  • Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.
  • A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.
  • Bin Laden’s death was announced on 1st May 2011. Hitler’s death was announced on 1st May 1945.
  • J.K. Rowling chose the unusual name ‘Hermione’ so young girls wouldn’t be teased for being nerdy!
  • Hewlett-Packard’s name was decided in a coin toss.
  • The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665.
  • The Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
  • The toothpaste ‘Colgate’ in Spanish translates to ‘go hang yourself’. Read More.
  • Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.
  • Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
  • Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.
  • The testicles on an octopus are located in its head!
  • In England, in the 1880’s, “Pants” was considered a dirty word.
  • It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on the 18th February 1979.
  • Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
  • If you leave everything to the last minute… it will only take a minute.
  • Ithyphallophobia is the fear of erections.
  • The first alarm clock could only ring at 4am.
  • Birds don’t urinate.
  • Dying is illegal in the Houses of Parliaments – This has been voted as the most ridiculous law by the British citizens.
  • The word ‘ejaculation’ comes from the Latin word meaning ‘throwing out’.
  • The 20th of March is known as Snowman Burning Day!
  • Slugs have 4 noses.