Fun Facts – 17 February 2016

• The word “facetiously” contains all 5 vowels and “y” in alphabetical order.
• The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses
• The song Coconut (“She put the lime in the coconut, she drank ’em both up…”) has only one chord in the entire song. It is the only song without any chord changes to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It reached #8 in 1972.
• The Indonesian Mimic Octopus can not only change colours, but will mimic the shapes of other animals, like the flounder, poisonous lion fish, and sea snakes.
• In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes
• The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card
• Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating
• Tipping in a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult
• A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel
• A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood

Courtesy of strangefacts.com