Thats another creepy fact reminding you to wash your bed sheets as often as possible. It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once. When Blackbeard captured ships, many of the African slaves on board would go on to become pirates. For her part as June Boatwright in the 2008 movie The Secret Life of Bees, Alicia Keys learned to play cello within 4 weeks. The attacker was a passengers cat. A woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York. Turkey vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. This small island south of Mexico City is a frightening place. It was adopted in 1370 or earlier. The closest living relatives of hippopotamuses are whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Despite being landlocked, Mongolia has a navy consisting of seven men and one vessel, the Sukhbaatar III, stationed on Lake Khvsgl. This is mostly due to the fact that theyre a good source of food for other animals. It is common for children to hear voices. Apparently, parents dont have to The scientific name is puma, but they are more commonly referred to as cougars. Every day in the U.S., more than 100,000 people get a speeding ticket. During gladiator games at the Colosseum, members of the audience would rush into the field to ravage the blood off of fallen gladiators. It costs almost $290,000 per year in fees to run a hot dog cart near the Central Park Zoo in New York City. This makeup contains vinegar, water, and white lead, which was the pigment that gave the mixture its color. Rabbits can be literally scared to death if approached by a predator when they are totally unaware. Despite being related to piranhas, Pacu fish have straight square teeth that look just like ours instead of sharp fangs. During the cremation process of a 500-pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire. In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup. Small as they may be, ladybugs have a unique smell that humans are incredibly sensitive to. Because snow is composed of ice, it can be classified as a mineral. Victorias Secret was originally supposed to be a store for men to shop for their female partners without feeling embarrassed. Its mouth can be shut with a couple of layers of duct tape. Dinosaurs that could run using just two legs are referred to as bipeds. In the Pokmon games, Poliwag & Ditto have the same cry sounds. In 2018, The Fact Site celebrated its 10th birthday by publishing this list of 1,000 interesting facts. There are more Lego Minifigures than there are people on Earth. Japan is facing a ninja shortage. Another term for your nieces or nephews would be niblings.. The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread. At one point, 50% of the CDs produced worldwide had an AOL logo on them. During 1922 & 1933, The Coca-Cola Company was offered a chance to buy the Pepsi-Cola company, and it declined on three separate occasions. They would skin a ginger root into a phallic shape. They used the osteotome to cut through the mothers pelvis when a caesarian was no longer possible. The same brain cycles that occur when asleep, still happen when youre awake, but in smaller sections. In a few Appalachian forests, there are fireflies that glow blue for up to a minute instead of flashing yellow. Hundreds of pirate attacks occur each year but go undocumented. There are more people in the U.K. than in Canada, Australia, Norway, and Iceland combined. In 2014, Princeton researchers determined that Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2017. The first Game Boy could run for a staggering 30 hours on only two AA batteries! They are the worlds largest marsupial. The day after Thanksgiving is called Brown Friday by plumbers in America because it is their busiest day of the year. She settled for $25,000, and $23,354.25 of that went to her lawyer. If you keep smelling something that is not really there, you may be experiencing the earliest symptoms of schizophrenia. The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. WebHomes similar to 1000 W Washington Blvd #513 are listed between $300K to $3,149K at an average of $515 per square foot. They outnumber Egyptian pyramids by twice the amount. No relationship is ever a waste of your time. Yamini Karanam was 26 years old when doctors found a tumor on her brain. Aircraft toilets can suck out your rectum. There is a village in Russia called Tsovkra where every resident can tightrope walk. Four of the top seven highest-grossing films of all time were released in 2015. The insurance company backing the payouts for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire sued the show for being too easy. In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway. During 9/11, some fighters took off without live ammo, knowing that to stop the hijackers, the pilots might have to crash their fighters into the planes. 2 Baths. Ralph Laurens real name was Ralph Lifshitz. When Michael Emerson was cast for the major television show Lost, he was only intended to be on for three episodes. Chewing gum boosts mental proficiency and is considered a better test aid than caffeine but nobody knows why. The ATMs serve around 1,200 residents at the U.S. scientific facility. Every second, the human eye moves about 50 times. There have been many cases of domesticated dogs and cats eating their dead owners. During 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure. Alexander Hamilton was shot and mortally wounded by Aaron Burr on the same spot that his son had been killed 3 years before and by the same set of pistols. William Shakespeare had a curse engraved on his tombstone to prevent anyone from moving his bones. The wave was 78 feet tall. Swedish meatballs originated from a recipe King Charles XII brought back from Turkey in the early 1800s. Their fat is not designed to insulate them from the cold. Even though Cleopatra swears he is Caesars son, Caesar never officially acknowledged him. Ladybugs taste and smell with their antennae. Researchers found that the smaller the testicles, the louder the monkey. They reached the quarter-finals of A certain type of box jellyfishs venom will make you feel a strong sense of anxiety and sense of impending doom, and possibly thoughts of suicide. In the film Star Wars Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith, every single one of the Clone Troopers was produced using CGI effects. In Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, the Vent Haven Museum houses over 900 ventriloquist dolls and other related pieces such as photographs and replicas. In order to keep Nazis away, a Polish doctor faked a typhus outbreak. Hearing voices is definitely creepy, but at least its perfectly normal. When Space Invaders was created, Tomohiro Nishikado left in the lag caused by more invaders on the screen in order to create greater difficulty in the games. The Japanese thought they were grenades. In Greece, women are not legally allowed to wear high heels or tall hats in the Olympic Stadium. The serial number on Darth Vaders suit of armor was E-3778Q-1. In World War II, Germany tried to collapse the British economy by dropping millions of counterfeit bills over London. Since 1955, 50% of the population of Niger is consistently under 16 years old. Ed Sheeran has a ketchup bottle tattooed on his arm. Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle. When tea started being sold in bags, originally, it was intended to be removed from the bags by customers, but they found it easier to brew the tea still in the bag. Writing down your worries before taking an exam can help combat test anxiety, improve performance and boost your test scores. BuzzFeed sponsored content costs about $20,000 for five or six articles.. A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed Wendys in 2005. They continue to do this in order to uphold the tradition. The group of spikes at the end of stegosaurid tails is called the thagomizer. They had no distinct name until the term was coined in 1982 by a cartoonist. Every Pixar movie contains a reference to the Pixar movie that comes after it. Comedian Mitch Hedberg never passed on a job, having been told no so often early in his career that he felt like if he didnt say yes, he might not be given the opportunity to perform again. The Empire State building only took a little over a year to build (410) days, and it was 12 days ahead of schedule when completed. The most used hashtags on Instagram are #love, #instagood, #me, #cute and #follow. The first computer virus ever created was called Creeper back in 1971. In the popular 2014 movie Godzilla, the Godzilla portrayal was only seen for about 8 minutes in the entire film. There is a liquid that you can breathe in called perfluorohexane. Ladybugs bleed from their knees when threatened. The second oldest is the Netherlands in 1572. Out of the 400 species of parrots, there is only one that cant fly, called the Kakapo parrot. Thankfully, the Quantity Surveyor for the project fudged the figures and made it look like it would cost too much to save them. They did not need them as they got older due to their size. The Lego Group is the worlds most powerful brand. There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs. This horrifying fact doesnt stop there as sometimes, operators would add weights on the victims legs to increase the pain. He passed away two years after the film was released. Tirana, the capital of Albania has a lot of things in common with other European capitals except one. Willow bark has a high amount of salicylic acid, an ingredient still used in aspirin today. During the Aztec reign, a slave could be bought for 100 cocoa beans. Facts.net uses cookies to improve your experience and to show you personalized ads. The name for the shape of Pringles is called Hyperbolic Paraboloid.. Dogs with pointed and long faces tend to live longer than those which have flatter faces, such as pugs. All the paint on the Eiffel Towerweighs the same as ten elephants. This stretch of beach has become home to over 1 million penguins as they are too light to trigger the mines when walking on them. They can be used for rescuing lost naval swimmers and locating underwater mines. Enceladus, one of Saturns smaller moons, reflects 90% of the sunlight, making it more reflective than snow. Cold showers have more health benefits than hot or warm showers. Native to Myanmar and Thailand, these bats are endangered. The Hobbit has been published in two editions. Around 350 of them exist in total worldwide. May 29th is National Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day. It is celebrated in Europe & USA to bring luck & wealth to the household. Kanye Wests song Hey Mama was dedicated to his mother, who died in 2007 after complications with plastic surgery. In Israel, it is illegal to bring bears to the beach. Northern Korean people are legally only allowed to have one of 28 haircuts. Accumulated, however, your shed skin will amount to almost half the average body weight. He crashed and killed 70 of the 94 passengers on board. He had an allergy to nickel, and they were quickly replaced with hypoallergenic specs. 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. In season 5 of Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul (Jesse) was paid $150,000 per episode. Eminems mother filed an $11 million defamation lawsuit against him because of his lyrics about her. Cards Against Humanity celebrated Black Friday by digging a hole as long as people donate. 6. If a snake has its head chopped off that chopped-off head can still bite and unleash a huge amount of venom. A group of horses will not go to sleep at the same time at least one of them will stay awake to look out for the others. In Bruges, Belgium, there is an underground pipeline that runs 2 miles to transfer beer from a brewery to the bottling plant. When water freezes to ice cubes, it will take up 9% more volume. Scrappy-Doo, widely considered to be one of the most hated characters in fiction, has not appeared in an animated Scooby-Doo production since 1988 due to audience backlash. Wonder Woman has a black sister, Nubia. Another creepy fact that dates back to ancient England is that cave settlers fashioned cups out of human skulls. When shuffling a deck of cards, the number of possible arrangements is approximately 81067. Elton John tried to commit suicide once by sticking his head in an oven with the gas on low and windows open. The Latin name for banana is musa sapientum which translates to fruit of the wise men.. The first use of the word dates back to 1919. The Japanese giant hornet or Asian giant is the largest hornet in the world. Here below are some disturbing facts about smoking cigarettes. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. It even has an article in its constitution that details the steps of drawing the flag. The U.S. government gave Indiana University $1 million to study memes. Justin Biebers first tweet was at 8:27 pm on May 11, 2009. Even though Irish is the official language of Ireland, Polish is more widely spoken. The pound has been an identity as a symbol of British sovereignty. A water dropwort is a highly poisonous plant. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Today, 19,400 Coke products are consumed every second. When tested, they failed to find fake weapons and bombs 95% of the time. It snows metal on planet Venus! In 1866, The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million by writing a check. The Phyllobates terribilis or golden poison frog lives in the Pacific coast of Colombia. Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. Be sure to weigh the good and bad! Steven Spielberg and George Lucas wanted to make an animated Calvin and Hobbes movie. This means that they are able to fly silently and are highly deadly hunters. Only women give gifts, not men. The music diffused a tense situation, but the officers were reprimanded for it. At the 1936 Olympic games, competitors from Liechtenstein were shocked to discover their flag was the exact same as Haitis. Youre not allowed to swear if playing in Wimbledon. He was charged, booked, and released for speeding on a horse and had to pay a fine. There was a snail glued to a specimen card in the British Museum mid-1800s. Drivers were actually supposed to avoid crashing in spite of chaotic driving. The name ASOS is an acronym for As Seen On Screen.. On average, a 150-pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing. This means that pineapples, bananas, watermelons, pumpkins, and avocados are berries. The logo on the Red Bull cans are not cattle, but a type of bovine called a gaur.. The average inmate at Alcatraz read 75-100 books per year. Because of this, around 90% of drownings occur in freshwater. 11 7. People who donate blood in Sweden are sent a text message each time their blood saves a life. He missed the chickens jugular vein and most of the brain stem. During the Second World War, German tank drivers would drive their vehicles over camel droppings, thinking it would bring them good luck. Chocolate ice cream has been proven to significantly reduce emotional and physical pain. The color red doesnt really make bulls angry; they are color-blind. The worlds first motel is in San Luis Obispo, which was built in 1925. Liechtenstein added a crown to their flag a year later. Only about 1% of the people actually tried to leave. Tammy, who has been facing a lot of weight issues because of her obesity, was seen adjusting The social media website, MySpace, was founded in 2003 and sold for $580 million in 2005. Santa Claus was issued a pilots license by the U.S. government in 1927. August 5th is known as National Underwear Day the perfect day to add some new, confidence-boosting pieces to your underwear collection. She was sculpted from black clay-like Diana was sculpted from white clay. Tater Tots, a registered trademark, originally failed because people thought the product was too cheap. If you like our interesting facts list, please share using the buttons below! They have five toes on the front but only four on the back. Japanese people rarely leave rubbish on the streets. Bob actually hated his curly hair but kept it as it was iconic. They decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves. This is called a sardonic grin. The total current population is 21,600,000. Either way, this creepy fact about the Pirates of the Caribbean ride is as fascinating as it is scary. In India, the flying of a kite is illegal under a 1934 law, which classes kites as aircraft. Aggressive sitting is a sport. People are actually attracted to people who look like family members or those with a similar personality type. Even though smoking has been banned on airplanes, ashtrays are mandatory on every plane. 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