Fun Facts – 18 February 2015

– St. Lawrence was roasted to death on a hot grill. In defiance he said “Turn me over – I’m done on this side!”. He is now Patron Saint of Comedians.

– A helicopter pilot landed on the summit of Everest then did it again the next day to prove it wasn’t a fluke.

– Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.

– Jainist monks are such pacifist that they carry around a ritualistic woolen broom to sweep away insects when they sit or walk.

– There is a Buddhist Temple complex in Thailand made out of over 1.5 million empty beer bottles.

– For 15 euros, you can use a zipline to travel from Spain to Portugal.

– There are more Wikipedia articles on Antarctica than all but one of the African countries.

– Dolphins will communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking to.

– During the war, Vietnamese children thought the American soldiers were blind because they had blue eyes and wore sunglasses all the time.

– From 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union introduced a 5-day week in a deliberate bid to eliminate religion.