Amazing Facts:
1. Las Vegas casinos have no clocks.
2. Everyday, 20 banks are robbed. The average amount
stolen is ₹1,72,100.
3. Cockroaches were there 120 million years before
dinosaurs roamed the earth.
4. As a kid, Adolf Hitler wanted to be a priest.
5. Once, carrots were purple.
6. However, it has less population than the small country of
Bangladesh.
8. In curling, good sportsmanship and
politeness are essential. Congratulating opponents and abstaining from trash
talk are part of what's known as the "Spirit of Curling."
9. In 1974, the Journal of Applied
Behavior Analysis published a paper titled "The Unsuccessful
Self-Treatment of a Case of 'Writer's Block.'" It contained a total of
zero words.
10. Guinness estimates that 93,000 liters of
beer are lost in facial hair each year in the UK alone.
11.Whether or not you dream in black and white depends on whether you watched black-and-white television.
12. Between 1912 and 1948, art
competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture,
music, painting, and sculpture.
13. The entire state of Wyoming
only has two escalators.
14. The ampersand symbol is formed
from the letters in et—the Latin word for "and."
15. Ravens in captivity can learn
to talk better than parrots.
16. The actor who was inside R2-D2
hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "the rudest man I've ever
met."
17. It's a myth that no two
snowflakes are exactly the same. In 1988, a scientist found two identical snow
crystals. They came from a storm in Wisconsin.
18. When Disneyland opened in 1955,
"Tomorrowland" was designed to look like a year in the distant
future: 1986.
19. Before George W. Bush took
office, some Clinton staffers canvassed the White House offices and removed the
W key from over 60 keyboards.
21. When the last official Blockbuster
Video closed in November 2013, the final rental was the apocalyptic
comedy This Is the End.
22. The collective noun for a group
of pugs is a grumble.
23. In 1939, Hitler's nephew wrote
an article called "Why I Hate My Uncle." He came to the U.S., served
in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.
24. According to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, 44 percent of Bob Ross's paintings contain at least one "happy little cloud."
24. According to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, 44 percent of Bob Ross's paintings contain at least one "happy little cloud."
25. On an April day in 1930, the
BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead they played piano music.
26. Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named
Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.
27. Ben & Jerry learned how to
make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State.
(They decided to split one course.)
28. The word "PEZ" comes
from the German word for peppermint—PfeffErminZ.
29. In the 1970s, Mattel sold a
doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was
turned.
30. Before Sally Ride became the
first American woman in space, a reporter asked, "Do you weep when things
go wrong on the job?"
31. In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's
Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all
their cash.
32. The inventor of the AK-47 has
said he wishes he'd invented something to help farmers instead — "for
example a lawnmower."
33. The Vatican Bank is the world's
only bank that allows ATM users to perform transactions in Latin.
34. The duffel bag gets its name
from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was
originally sold.
35. James Avery ("Uncle
Phil" on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) was the voice of
Shredder on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
36. At Fatburger, you can order a
"Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.
37. When asked who owned the patent
on the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk said, "Well, the people. There is no
patent. Could you patent the sun?"
38. The Q in Q-tips stands for
quality.
39. Editor Bennett Cerf challenged
Dr. Seuss to write a book using no more than 50 different words. The
result? Green Eggs and Ham.
40. The act of stretching and
yawning is called pandiculation.
41. Sea cucumbers eat with their feet.
42. A murder suspect was convicted
after the broken-off leg of a grasshopper in his pants cuff turned out to be a
perfect match for an insect found near the victim's body.
43. After an online vote in 2011,
Toyota announced that the official plural of Prius was Prii.
44. In his book, Dick Cheney says
his yellow lab Dave was banned from Camp David for attacking President Bush's
dog Barney.
45. Lyme disease is named after the
town of Lyme, Connecticut, where several cases were identified in 1975.
46. Reno is farther west than Los
Angeles.
47. William Faulkner refused a
dinner invitation from JFK's White House. "Why that’s a hundred miles
away," he said. "That’s a long way to go just to eat."
48. In 1907, an ad campaign for
Kellogg's Corn Flakes offered a free box of cereal to any woman who would wink
at her grocer.
49. Why did the FBI call Ted
Kaczynski "The Unabomber"? Because his early mail bombs were sent to
universities (UN) & airlines (A).
50. Obsessive nose picking is
called rhinotillexomania.
51. "Silver Bells" was
called "Tinkle Bells" until co-composer Jay Livingston’s wife told
him "tinkle" had another meaning.
52. Michael Jackson's 1988
autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis.
53. How did Curious George get to
America? He was captured in Africa by The Man With the Yellow Hat — with his
yellow hat.
54. In the early stage version
of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s faithful companion Toto was
replaced by a cow named Imogene.
55. Tobias Fünke's
"nevernude" condition on Arrested Development is
real. It's called "gymnophobia" — the fear of nude bodies.
56. Hawaiian Punch was originally
developed as a tropical flavored ice cream topping.
57. Andy's evil neighbor Sid
from Toy Story returns briefly as the garbage man in Toy
Story
58. Jacuzzi is a brand name. You
can also buy Jacuzzi toilets and mattresses.
59. During a 2004 episode of Sesame
Street, Cookie Monster said that before he started eating cookies, his
name was Sid.
60. Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey
went on a couple dates in the mid-1980s. It was Roger who convinced her to
syndicate her talk show.
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