The Danny999 Collection of Interesting Facts

Hello everyone. I love Interesting Facts. I love them so much that I compiled a large amount of them from websites and my own knowledge here to share with yall.

Some of these are from other ppl, so I will credit them.

1. In 1988 in Buenos Aires, a dog fell off of a balcony. It landed on an old woman, killing her. Another woman rushed to see the commotion, and was fatally hit by a bus. Then, a man witnessing it had a heart attack and died. The dog also died. (Capybarra)

2. Mars is not round, but rather shaped like a rugby ball.

3. Decibels can be negative, and the quietest place on earth is Microsoft's anechoic chamber in Redmond, Washington, at -20.6 decibels.

4. In Argentina, Ciao is used more often than Adios (BautyArg)

5. Will Smith owed $2.8 Million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt just before he signed the contract for The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

6. In the southern hemisphere, the "Man on the Moon" is upside down and looks like a rabbit

7.  Even laser light is slightly curved

8. The entire body of a starfish is actually its head

9. During emergencies, neon tetra fish form orderly lines

10. When deep sea anglerfish mate, the male typically latches onto the female, losing almost all of his organs.

11. The deepest penguin dive ever was 550 metres

12. The deepest mammal dive was done by the Cuvier's Beaked Whale and reached 3000 metres

13. T-Rexes only lived about 30 years

14. Venus gets rainbows

15. Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos brand cookies, was also a talent agent who signed Simon and Garfunkel

16. The brand Spam's name comes from a contest winner

17. 1985 was the first time the word period was used to refer to menstruation

18. Inuits do not have 100 words for snow, but Scottish have 421 of them

19. Chicago's nickname has nothing to do with wind

20. A giant pacific octopus lays 56000 eggs in one pregnancy

21. The original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans was to store pocket watches

22. Turkeys can blush

23. Only 25% of the Sahara is sand

24. Only 18% of Australia is desert

25. TS Eliot wore green makeup

26. 1000 is the first spelled out number to use the letter a

27. Xmas was not intended to remove the Christ from Christmas. The letter Chi in Greek looks like X in latin

28. From 2006 to 2017, the US Government saved every public tweet

29. The CIA headquarters has a Starbucks. However, baristas do not write their own names on cups.

30. Frankenstein's monster is a vegetarian in the book

31. In 1833, Abraham Lincoln received a liquor license

32. Apple was founded on April Fools Day

33. The first stroller was meant to be pushed by a goat

34. Until 1961, Irish bars were not allowed to be open on St. Patrick's Day

35. Guinness Book of World Records was originally created to settle bar arguments

36.The voice actors of SpongeBob and Karen, Plankton’s computer wife, have been married since 1995.

37. Sour Patch Kids and Swedish fish are made by the same company. Red Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish are the same candy, except the Sour Patch Kids have sour sugar.

38. In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a conference for time travelers but did not reveal its existence until after so only time travelers could attend it

39.Larry the Cable Guy’s real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney. His notable Southern accent is fake – he was born and raised in the Midwest, not the South.

40. Johnny Cash took only three voice lessons before his teacher advised him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.

41. Dr. Pepper actually does not have a period in it

42. In World War II, Germany tried to collapse the British economy by dropping millions of counterfeit bills over London.

43. The money to operate GPS comes from American tax revenue

44. The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from 30 miles away.

45. 10% of people are left handed. However, 28% of people on the autism spectrum are.

46. In 2007, Scotland spent £125,000 devising a new national slogan. The winning entry was: “Welcome to Scotland.”

47. The Hobbit has been published in two editions. In the first edition, Gollum willingly bet on his ring in the riddle game.

48. In 1994, the company that had a patent on GIFs tried to charge a fee for using GIFs. The PNG was invented as an alternative, and the company backed down.

49. The world’s first motel is in San Luis Obispo, which was built in 1925. When opened, it cost $1.25 for a two-room bungalow with a kitchen and a private adjoining garage.

50. I Will Always Love You, covered by Whitney Houston, was actually written by Dolly Parton as a country song. It was a farewell to her mentor.

51. During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.

52. A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage. (THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT)

53. Chicken Run is the highest grossing stop motion movie

54. More tornadoes occur in the United Kingdom per square mile than in any other country in the world.

55. Popularized by Shakespeare’s play, many people think Julius Caesar’s last words were, “And you, Brutus?” In reality, he said, “You too, my child?”

56. The word “kimono” literally means a “thing to wear.” Ki is “wear,” and mono is “thing.”

57. Tic Tacs got their name from the sound they make when they are tossed around in their container.

58. Only official members of federally accepted Native American tribes may legally possess or collect eagle feathers. If a normal citizen has one, it is illegal.

59. The popular LMFAO group that created the viral hit, Party Rock Anthem, is made up of an uncle-nephew duo.

60. The drummers of bands Queen and Duran Duran are both named Roger Taylor

61. When Shakira was in second grade, she was rejected by the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. The music teacher told her that she sounded like a goat.

62. Four of the top seven highest-grossing films of all time were released in 2015. Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Jurassic World, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

63. Four Nile crocodiles have been found in Florida

64. There’s a bar in Yukon that serves a “Sourtoe cocktail.” It consists of a shot of whisky with a human toe floating in the glass. An estimated 60,000 people have had it.

65. The Stockholm Archipelago, where the Capital of Sweden is, has more islands than the Pacific Ocean

66. During the 1908 Olympics in London, the Russians showed up 12 days late due to the fact that they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.

67. The line “Born and raised in South Detroit” in Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” makes no sense, as there is no South Detroit. Detroit, Michigan, lies on the northern side of the Detroit River, and Ontario, Canada, lies to its south.

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