Interesting Facts - Page 234

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I can confirm #1166, as I actually know a person who has that

At any moment, there are around 2 million people flying overhead.

Memphis borders both Arkansas and Mississippi

Luxembourg (700K people) has a larger GDP than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (112M people)

In 1989, Los Angeles police stopped a man for "walking oddly." The man was found to have twenty-one live homing pigeons stuffed in his clothing.

LA Times Article: Man Walking Oddly Found to Have 21 Live Pigeons in Pants (Nov. 3, 1989)

I think I have aphantasia, or at least I’m close to it. I can picture things but it’s like a fleeting image. I don’t see a movie when I read a book, and I suck at picturing flags and such. I had no idea that most people could easily do this type of stuff.

Until the 15th century, it was widely believed in Europe that the seas of the tropics were too hot to sail across.

More about canola oil: it was developed at the University of Manitoba only in the 1970s. It is a modified rapeseed oil, which traditionally wasn’t tasty because it was apparently quite acidic. Not surprisingly, they didn’t just want to call it low-acid rapeseed oil, so they called it Canada oil, low acid. Canola!

Victor Emmanuel III wasn't the last King of Italy, Umberto II succeeded him and was king for 34 days before the monarchy was abolished.

I literally did not know I had aphantasia until I learned about it on JetPunk. I’ve gone my whole life (40+ years) without knowing that almost everyone else has a mind’s eye. Whenever I was part of a group that was asked to “close your eyes and picture a tropical paradise,” I just assumed that meant to think about it. I didn’t know that others could actually picture an image in their mind. I don’t necessarily characterize this as a disability, but instead realize it has forced my brain to develop some unique “workarounds “ to accommodate the lack of a mind’s eye. The only aspect of the condition which I feel is a negative for me is my inability to form a mental image of my loved ones - especially those who have passed.