Interesting Facts - Page 133

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Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire

The planet of Kepler-16b orbits 2 suns, therefore gives you two shadows instead of one. Source

On the planet COROT-7b, it rains down metals and rocks instead of rain. Source

HD189733-b's winds go up 5,400 MPH and glass rains sideways there. Source Source

Titan, a moon of Saturn, is well...weird. The moon's extremely thick atmosphere prevented us from knowing how the moon's surface even looked like for 350 years since it's discovery way back in 1655 (was discovered in 2005)!

Switzerland won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest by just 1 point.

Fargo, North Dakota and Norwalk, California have the exact same population

Source

https://gottwurfelt.com/2012/06/25/pairs-of-cities-with-the-same-population/

Google Search Bar can be weird sometimes...

When you put "Armenian Highlands" into it, it says "Highland in Turkey

For "Malay Peninsula," it says "Peninsula in Thailand"

For "French Alps," it says "Mountain Range in Italy"

For "New Guinea," it says "Island in Australia"

For "Moldova River," it says "River in Romania"

(However, the last two make sense, seeing as Australia is also called a continent and the Moldova river is actually only in Romania)

Uruguay's Northernmost point is south of New Zealand's

All of the world's coronavirus can fit inside a can of Coca-Cola. (Disclaimer, this is a Fermi estimate, meaning it could be up to an order of magnitude off, but even then it would fit inside a 2-liter bottle)(Source, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVgBjRFSMYs)

I haven’t seen these facts here, so I think I’ll include them. Emilio Marcos Palma was the first person to be born in Antarctica in 1978. C.S. Lewis and John F. Kennedy died on the same day, and the Italian word for tomato, pomodoro, literally means “golden apple” since the first tomatoes seen in Italy were yellow.

Fun Fact: The Olympics held 3 years before WW2 in 1936 were in Berlin.

About #662. It is believed that most stars actually are systems of two stars orbiting each other (around a common barycenter). The planets in our solar system would therefore be the #662 interesting fact of most extraterrestrial civilizations !

idk if anyone said this, but competitive art used to be part of the Olympics

Some cats are allergic to humans. I know this sounds crazy, but it is true

You might be drinking water that is older than the solar system

The canary islands are named after dogs, not birds

1. Armadillo shells are bulletproof

2. No numbers from 1 to 999 contain the letter A

3. Facebook has more users than the population of China, USA, and Brazil combined

4. Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena

5. Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest

6. A one-armed player scored the winning goal in the first World Cup

Source

5 cool facts:

1. Mt Everest is not the closest mountain to the moon, due to the earth bulging at the equator, Ecuador's Mt Chimborazo is geographically the closest mountain to the moon.

2. Iceland will be an archipelago in millions of years

3. Iceland has been the safest country in the world for 12 years in a row according to the Global Peace Index

4. Damascus is the oldest city in the world, with inhabitants since 7000 BC

5. Africa is the only continent to be in all 4 hemispheres

In the first olympics in Athens 1896 athletes didn't win gold, silver and bronze medals. 1st place would receive silver 2nd would receive copper and both would receive an olive branch. Gold, silver and bronze medals were first awarded in 1904.

Russia is larger than Mercury

Calvin Coolidge had a pet hippo.

#664 is remining me of that "Mosquito Coast" movie.

My first suggesttion was on page 35. I have been asking for cool facts every ten or so facts

London has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai or New Delhi. Despite having only having half their population, and being outside of India.

https://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/01/why-london-beats-delhi-and-bombay-indian-cuisine-260743.html

http://whatafact.com/en/f/london-more-indian-restaurants-mumbai-delhi/

Tatooine was discovered before Kepler-16b!

Two of Puerto Rico's most iconic boxers are named Wilfred and Wilfredo, )Benitez and Gomez) both trained together, were friends , had records that had to do with number 17 (Benitez the youngest world champion in boxing history at age 17, Gomez the most world championship defenses in a row won by knockout at 17), both were three division world champions with Benitez's first title being a WBA one and his two other titles being WBC ones, Gomez's first two world titles being WBC ones and his last world title a WBA one, both won 2 WBC and 2 WBA title, Benitez won his by decision, decision and knockout in round twelve, and Gomez won his by knockout in 12, decision and decision, Benitez and Gomez both had their first losses at Caesar's palace Hotel in Las Vegas and both had Carlos Padila and Octavio Meyran as referees f their first and second losses and in the same order!