Fun Facts – 13 April 2016
- A normal raindrop falls at about 7 miles per hour.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
- The “hash” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
- The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
- During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.
- ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
- Camel’s have three eyelids.
- A healthy (non-colourblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of grey.
- Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”
- A duck’s quack doesn’t echo