Grade A Fun Facts

1.  The old phrase "raining cats and dogs" started off in 17th century England. During heavy rainstorms, homeless cats and dogs would drown and float down the street which gives off the impression it is raining cats and dogs.

2. All the planets in our solar system can fit in the distance between Earth and the moon. Goes to show how far we are from the moon.

3.  While swimming in the sea, it is more likely that you will be bitten by an American than a shark.

4. Pirates used to wear eye patches to get their eye used to the dark. When they do raids and go to the lower deck, their eyes will be used to the darkness and help them see better.

5. Koalas should be killed off by natural selection soon. The only food they eat destroys their teeth; eventually they won't have teeth and will starve.

6. You have a 50% chance of going to jail if your a governor from Illinois. You have a 40% chance of getting caught if you commit a murder in Chicago. Statistically speaking, it is safer to kill someone in Chicago than become governor in Illinois.

7. In feudal Japan, lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors as a defensive measure against ninjas.

8. Lego is the world's largest tire manufacturer.
Bonus Fact: They also are the world's smallest (in size) tire manufacturer.

9. Henry Ford and Adolf Hitler were buddies. Henry Ford's Antisemitic literature inspired Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, to the point where some of Hitler's wiring were directly copied from Ford's book. Henry ford also showed the Nazis how to streamline production, and create a high volume of product using the assembly line. Hitler used this to rearm Germany before World War II. Ford was given the Iron Cross by Hitler, the highest honor a non citizen can obtain. On top of all that, Hitler kept a picture of Ford in his office.

10. The bible is the most shop lifted book.

11. There are over 56 billion legos in the world. Enough for each person to have 8 pieces.
Bonus Fact: 99% of Legos are owned by 1% of the population.

12. When the Vikings first landed in America, they gifted the leader of the natives milk. But the natives had never drank milk before, and were lactose intolerant. The leader thought this was an attempt to poison him. So to take revenge, he raided the settlement shortly after.

13.The sun makes up 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system.

14. The Great Pyramids were actually shiny like glass ~4000 years ago. Craftsman were tasked with polishing the stones to perfection.

15. Blind people forget many memories because they don't have visual imagery to reminisce.

16. In 1979, a college student only had to work about 182 hours per year in order to pay for tuition. In 2013, the average student has to work 991 hours to pay tuition.

17. When Gmail was announced by Google in 2004, it had 1GB of storage. (Hotmail offered 2Mb) 1Gb of data was so huge people thought it was an April Fool's joke.

18. Some of the crew working on American Horror Story had to leave set at times because Twisty the Clown was so scary, that other cast members would complain about nightmares after filming. Photo for reference because I have such a kind soul.

19. A man by the name of Cornealious Mike Anderson helped robbed a Burger King employee and was ordered to serve 13 years in prison. No one ever came for him, so he continued living his life in St. Louis. When the prison he was supposed to go to prepared for his release 12 years later, they realized they had never captured him at all.

20. Poombah was the first character to fart in a Disney movie. 

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1. Most Japanese schools do not employ janitors or custodians. It is expected that people clean up after themselves. This supposedly teaches respect, responsibility, and emphasizes equality.

2. Perfectionists are more likely to have suicidal thoughts because of the social pressure they feel.

3. April 11 1954 is known as the most boring day in modern history. Nothing memorable or anything of importance happened.

4. Tigers that come across each other while hunting will share their meals. Males also wait for the female and cubs to eat.
Bonus Fact: The lion is basically a polar opposite of the tiger, if lions come across each other during hunting, they will fight to the death.

5. Women tend to do slightly better then men in academics.
Bonus Fact: Despite there being very few women in engineering, science, or math careers, they also tend to do better in these classes.

6. Watermelon contains a chemical called B6, which helps relieve stress and anxiety.

7. If anyone was found brewing bad beer in ancient Babylonia was punished in two ways : drowning in their own beer or drinking their beer until they die.

8. In the top 5 things that people wish they did before they died, people wished they worked less and had more family time.


9. Children with autism can benefit from video games because it shows them self control, self awareness, and flexibility.

10. There is a tradition that a traffic cone must be put upon the Duke of Wellington's head. It costs the government about 10,000 euros each year to keep the cone on his head.

11. The longest word that can be spelled in English without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

12. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building, it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

13. There is a man named Kim Ung-Yong who began doing calculus problems at age 4 and mastered it by the grand old age of 7. He began teaching calculus to high school students when he was eight years old.

14. There are 500 different ways to cook a potato.

15. Two thirds of the human population doesn't know what their strengths are and do not know what they are good at.


16. Research has shown that singing is not a gift given at birth, but a skill that can be taught and learned. Nearly everyone has the potential to sing well.

17. Tokyo's Keikyu Aburastubo Marine Park lets visitors hold hands with the otters.

18. In March of 2015, a Georgia teen was fined for stealing a goat. The man later confessed that his intention was asking a girl if she wanted to "goat" prom with him.

19. Psychopaths are only capable of perceiving positive consequences for their actions.  This means most psychopaths aren't capable of perceiving the negative consequences.

20. A research paper from 2013 concluded that Harry Potter fans tend to be more open to diversity, more politically tolerant, less authoritarian, (favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority[simply put, they are more likely to question authority]) and less likely to support the use of deadly force or torture devices.

FUN FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. After being eliminated from Hell's Kitchen, they are immediately taken to a house where they are treated with back rubs, haircuts, and manicures. This is because that the experience on the show is so draining, the producers are worried the contestants will kill themselves.

2. Switzerland have enough nuclear shelter to house %114 of the population.

3. There is a chimpanzee that was held in a zoo in Russia that became addicted to cigarettes and beer. He had to go to rehab and he fully recovered :).

4. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln received a letter from an 11 year old girl that said if he grew a beard, the ladies would appreciate him more. This is why he grew his famous beard.

5. If you wanted to buy a Playstation 4 in Brazil, it would cost you about 1800 hundred american dollars because of the heavy import taxes.
Bonus Fact: It would be cheaper to fly over to America, buy the Playstation, and return to Brazil.

6. In 2013, France banned child beauty pageants because they promoted the hyper sexualization of minors.

7. During World War I, prisoners of war in Canada were treated extremely well. They had soccer tournaments, video games, and in general were treated very nicely. After the war ended, many did not want to go home.

8. Most airlines require the pilot and co-pilot to eat different meals incase one of the meals is poisoned or causes food poisoning.

9. In the early 1930s, there was a movement called Technocracy that said scientists and engineers should replace businessmen and politicians because they could manage the economy better. The fad died out relatively quickly.

10. The centennial light bulb in Livermore, California has been burning since 1901 and is considered the longest lasting lightbulb.

11.  Freddy Mercury favorite song was "Somebody to Love", but he didn't want to announce that publicly because he didn't want people to think he only liked his own music.

12. Extras that play the role of zombies in "The Walking Dead" have to go to "zombie school" where they are graded on how convincingly they can play there role.

13. In 2013, a man in China hired some gamers to kill his son's avatar. The purpose of this was to get his son more focused on getting a job.

14. A study conducted in 2013 had three wines labeled: Californian, Texan, and French. When participants chose their favorite wine, it was almost always the French wine. All of the wines were Texan and the same exact thing.

15. A study conducted in Britain showed that the average family of four loses 60 socks per year.

16. In 2012 the creators of an anti-piracy ad were fined for stealing music for said ad.

17. On Google Maps, it actually shows how many android phones are currently making the journey you are looking at.

18. Your father gives you more DNA than your mother, so genetically speaking, you are more like your father than your mother.

19. Valet employees get on average %20 more money in tips if they leave a happy face on the receipt.

20. Take any number of your choosing for this one. Have your number? Double it, add 6, divide by 2 and subtract by the number you started with. If you did this correctly, it should always be 3.

The Big and Best Fun Facts

1. 1% of the German population is immune to HIV.

2. In 2009 a squad of snipers were deployed in Australia to protect a group of penguins.

3. If you went to mass every week, it would take you 4,825 years and 10 weeks to eat a whole Jesus.

4. After 9/11, the Maasai tribe of Kenya gave 14 of their most important cattle to America.

5. Every spy that Hitler thought he had in Britain during World War 2 were actually double agents.

6. The top speed of a Bugatti Veyron isn't limited by it engine, it is limited by the tires exploding.

7. Bananas have more trade regulations than AK 47s.

8. Sea lions are the only non-human mammal that can not only recognize a beat, but keep it.

9. J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity.

10. The Queen of England is technically owns 1/6 of the Earth's land.

11.  There is an island in Brazil that ha 5 snakes per square meter.

12. L.A has the worst traffic in the U.S and 10th worst in the world.

13. In 2011 a Swedish man was arrested for splitting an atom in his kitchen.

14. The dinosaur sounds from "Jurassic Park" were from tortoises having sexual intercourse.

15. Laughing 100 times gives you just as much exercise as 15 minutes on a stationary bicycle.

16. There is an $1000 sports bra with heat sensors that can catch breast cancer faster than a mammogram.

17. The scientific name of a llama is "lama glama".

18. Jews have been kicked out of 109 countries since 250 AD.

19. 15% of people with an Iphone use it with a broken screen..

20. The average woman uses her height in lipstick every 5 years.

Fun Facts

1. There are 10 times more stars in the sky than there are grains of sand in Earth's deserts and beaches.

2. The first modern toilet was made by John Crapper.

3. Hudson Bay has less gravity than the rest of the world. Scientists aren't sure why.

4. Only 1-2 percent of people are natural redheads.

5. Sunflowers can be used to get rid of radioactive waste. Their stems and leaves store pollutants.

6. The Titanic 2 is being made right now and will be active next year.

7. Germans were the first ones to find the correlation between lung cancer and smoking. Hitler lead the first anti-smoking campaign.

8. Due to World War 2 rationing, chocolate was scare in Italy. A baker came up with an alternative which was later renamed to Nutella.

9. There are seven different types of twins: identical, fraternal, half identical, mirror image, mixed chromosome, superfetation, and superfecundation.

10. Pluto is smaller than Russia.

11. If dolphins swallowed sea water, they would get ill just like humans. They get their water from the food they eat. 

12. Diet Coke destroys tooth enamel at about the same rate as methamphetamine and cocaine.

13. Honey badger's skin is so thick that it can withstand machete blows, arrows, and spears. The only way to kill it is with a club or gun.

14. Every year the Netherlands sends 20,000 tulip bulbs to Canada to thank them for assistance during World War 2.

15. "First Lady" is actually a position, and not just a title. It can be filled by the presidents niece, daughter or sister.

16. Lego heads have holes in them to allow a child to breath if they swallowed a lego.

17. Every year, tourists throw 1.1 million euros in to the Trevi Fountain. The government spends this money to make a supermarket for the poor.

18. Shark embryos fight in the mothers womb. The one who wins the duel is born.

19. A bear's bite is so strong that it could crush a bowling ball.

20. In the town of Churchill, Canada it is illegal to lock your car due to the town having a history of death by polar bear.

I hope you enjoyed my fun facts!
  

New Writing Blog

I made a new blog called http://liamswritingblog.blogspot.com/ because I want to keep this fun fact related. If I have difficulties falling asleep, I might write something. Might as well keep it somewhere. Maybe one of you would enjoy reading some mediocre writing.  This definitely won't be consistent, or follow one story.

Real Fun Facts

Here are your weekly fun facts!

1. Bank of America was originally going to be called Bank of Italy, but was renamed due to most of the customers being in America.

2. Nobody knows who invented the fire hydrant because the patent for the fire hydrant burned in a fire.

3. The voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy were the same voice actor.

4. Oxford University (1096) is older than the Aztec Empire(~1400).

5. A whale was killed in Alaska two years ago that had the tip of a harpoon in its head. The tip of the harpoon had been made around the 1880s. The whale survived at least 130 years with a harpoon in its head!

6. The human to insect ratio is about 170,000,000: 1.
Bonus Fact: Despite there being so many more ants, if you added the weight of all the ants and all the humans, they would weigh about the same.

7. Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr were born in the same year.

8. Mammoths were still alive when the Egyptian pyramids were made.

9. Dragonflies can not walk, they have to fly anytime they want to move.

10. Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.

11. The largest air force in the world is the U.S. Air Force . The second largest is the U.S. Navy.

Bonus Fact: The U.S. Coast Guard (protects our border) is the 12th biggest navy in the world.

12. During World War I, Americans started calling "hamburgers" liberty sandwiches.

13. Ohio is the only state that doesn't share a letter with the word "mackerel".

14. Otters have pouches where they keep their favorite rock.

15. The cardboard sometimes put on coffee to keep it from burning you is called zarf.

16. Most deer can jump higher than the average house. This is due to the deer's powerful hind legs, and the fact that the average house cannot jump.

17. Modern lighters came before modern matches.

18. Egyptians didn't get cavities until the Romans started importing sugar. For this reason, many people had no need to brush their teeth.

19. Squid brains are donut shaped, and their esophagus is located in the "donut hole". If they eat something too big, it gives them brain damage. 

20. Pineapples take 1.5-3 years to grow.

Hope you enjoyed my facts! :)

Alright, so before this post all my fun facts were complete lies. They were kind of hard to think of and required a lot of effort. To make it easier on myself, I am going to say actually true facts. Would you prefer paragraph long facts where I go in depth or 15-20 quick facts?

Funnest Facts

This post is gonna be quick and short 15 false (but kind of believable) facts.

1. You can't see your shadow in a mirror because mirrors reflect light and shadows come from a lack of light.

2.  Coconuts are mammals because they have hair and produce milk.

3. If you soak a raisin in grape juice, it turns into a grape.

4. New Zealand was discovered in 1969 when ‎Neil Armstrong spotted it from space.

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5. No matter how fast you go, automatic doors will open in time.

6.The stop signs that are outlined in white are optional stop signs.

7. Rocks are actually soft,but harden when touched.

8.  http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/TX9dbK6.jpg

9. 25% of the sun is composed of helium, which is why it floats in space.

10. North Dakota is actually a myth invented by South Dakota to hide illegal government nuclear test sites. Have you ever met anyone from North Dakota? Exactly.

11. That the "daddy longleg" spider is the most venomous in the world but it's mouth is too small to break the skin of humans so it's not dangerous.

12 .Humans only use 10% of their brains.

13. 72 percent of statistics on the internet are made up.

14. They are called buzzards in the air, and vultures once they've landed.

15. Firetrucks are painted red because red paint molecules are the smallest making them the most aerodynamic.

Funnerer Facts

The gummy bear is actually based upon a real animal called the gumoni bear. This bear was native to South Africa, but it was seen from time to time in India as well. It attacked small tribes, and ravages their homes. They do not exist today, and they have been dead for a long time. The last remains of a gumoni bear was around the Roman times; or about 100 B.C. The reason we call them gummy bears today is a result of them rubbing their back on trees, and the sap made the fur look colorful.

Alcohol actually increases brain size, by up to two times its normal size! This is due to alcohol causing a reaction in your brain, which causes the suramine (a chemical in the brain) to expand. The more alcohol your brain is exposed to, the bigger your brain will be. This is also why people will often forget or have no memory of what happened while they were drinking. When the brain stops getting alcohol, the brain shrinks back to normal size and the information gained during that time becomes condensed, which is also why the memories appear fuzzy or blurry.

Quality Essay from Michael

I have a friend that lives in Pennsylvania named Michael, and he wrote such a moving story I had to share it with my friends and family.

The year is 5025XX. I live in the luxury underground tunnel of 420BI. I woke up that morning to the soothing sounds of our glorious leader shouting "YOU'RE FIRED!" through the colossal speakers that the Apprentices, (that's what the great leader calls his council) installed. After the long and taxing task of kneeling toward the great Trump monument in Mecca and reciting the 5 hour long anthem, I was ready to get this day going. I go to my job at the money printing factory that funnels the money directly into the glorious leaders mouth, giving him an inconceivable amount of power and life force. I work at the factory for roughly 250 hours and get my hearty pay of 5 Trump Bucks™. "I can finally afford the new Trump Toupee™!" I said excitedly. I quickly ran to be local Trump Emporium™ where I saw the 3 square mile store dedicated to Trump styled toupees. It was truly a sight to behold. It was teeming with people and Trump memorabilia. I bought the biggest and most guinea pig-esque one I could get my hands on. That's when I saw him. 
The man himself Donald Trump followed closely be his Apprentices. He strolls in cooler than cucumber on ice, almost like he owns the place. Oh wait, he does. He owns everything we've come to love including all our souls. Donald proceeded to say in that heavenly nasally voice, "I have an announcement everyone." No one moved, he had full attention in the entire emporium. You could hear a pin drop. "I have decided I will be running for in the 5029XX election." The crowd erupted in applause for the glorious leader. People cried tears of joy and kneeled for him. "Now let us all recite the anthem, but make it snappy I have dinner with Kanye in 5."
Oh Donald we love you so
We try to escape, but we can't let go
Oh Donald I'd give my life for you
I'd bend down and kiss your shoe
Oh Donald we'll never get tired
If someone disagrees, well, "THEY'RE FIRED"
CAN'T STUMP THE TRUMP

Funner Facts

Photoshop is called Photoshop for two reasons. First, the lead developer of Photoshop used to work in a shop that sold cameras. He grew fond of photography himself ; he enjoyed figuring out what filter was best for the scenario. Secondly, one of the developers was Jodo Socks, and he was the clown of the group. They wanted to poke fun at him, and for weeks he was called Photoshop.

The Hokey Pokey is actually derived from a Native American tribal dance. The tribe members would hop around a fire, and stick their right hand into it. This ritual caused the soul of the participant to be (temporarily) purged. After they stuck their hand in the fire, they would pull it out and shake it around to cool down their burning hand. The practice was sometimes done with the other hand, or the feet if the original hand was injured or swollen from too much use of the ritual. The ritual ended when the entire tribe had put their hand in the fire, and the tribe would spin in a circle. That's what it's all about!

Fun Fact

Here is a fun fact for you, did you know that diamonds are actually slightly acidic? If left exposed to skin for 2-3 days, you will see some skin peeling away, and/or slight irritation to wherever the diamond is exposed to. It is for this reason that many diamond rings contain gold or metal bases, which isn't affected by the acid.

The word "typo" comes from an unfortunate event in a hospital in the 1940's. A patient came in and needed a blood transfusion of type "B" blood. The label on the bag was misprinted, so it said "Type B" but it was actually "Type O". The patient, unfortunately, died and the story made some local headlines. Among the hospital staff they started calling misspelled words "Type-O's" as a bit of morbid humor. Over time the word got into public, and spread to common people as typo. This story is also interesting because the patient's family ended up suing the hospital for it's error for a huge sum of fifty-thousand dollars. Due to so some legal loopholes, the family was only able to collect about one thousand dollars.