29 Facts That Don't Suck
Marty Mcfly
Published
04/07/2015
Random and interesting facts that will get you thinking.
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In Finland, when someone achieves their PhD, they're given a top hat and sword. -
2.
In her lifetime, a cow will give nearly 200,000 glasses of milk. -
3.
Stephen Hillenburg, who created the the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants," is a marine biologist. -
4.
A "nibling" is the the gender-neutral word for niece or nephew. -
5.
Only 11% of the world is left-handed. -
6.
Nutella was invented in WWII when an Italian baker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend the ration. -
7.
Betty White was born six years before sliced bread. -
8.
"J" is the only letter of the alphabet not used in the Periodic Table of the Elements. -
9.
Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese. -
10.
Disney World is the size of San Francisco or two Manhattans. -
11.
Every year, there are about 850 million visits to American museums. -
12.
State Farm Insurance's jingle, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," was written by Barry Manilow. -
13.
And so was "I am stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me." -
14.
The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache. -
15.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau once dated Kim Cattrall a.k.a. Samantha from Sex and the City. -
16.
It's not illegal to go topless in New York City. -
17.
Seven Yankee Stadiums could fit inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. -
18.
The King James Bible has inspired the lyrics to more pop songs than any other book. -
19.
Google Earth's database is over 20 petabytes, which is about 20 million gigabytes. -
20.
In Siena, Italy, it's illegal to be a prostitute if your name is Mary. -
21.
Canned food was invented 48 years before the can opener. -
22.
Some scientists believe that shaking the head to mean "no" is derived from newborns turning their heads away from food when they are full. -
23.
After Leonardo da Vinci's death, King Francis I of France hung the Mona Lisa in his bathroom. -
24.
Fully stretching your arms and torso plus yawning also has a term, "pandiculation." -
25.
There is more real lemon juice in Lemon Pledge furniture polish than in Country Time Lemonade. -
26.
Regardless of that fact that there's a population over 1 billion, China only has about 200 different family names. -
27.
It was all the way back in the 1860s that "Conversation Hearts" were created. -
28.
Quentin Tarantino once played an Elvis impersonator on the TV show Golden Girls. -
29.
Starfish have no brains.
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