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35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

It's never too late to learn something new.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 2 years ago in Wow

It's never too late to learn something new.
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    about Troy Hurtubise, a Canadian man who built multiple suits of armor to study grizzly bears up close in nature. He'd test these by having his friends hit him with 2x4s or drive trucks into him.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 2

    that a McDonald's in the Netherlands once fired an employee for selling a coworker a hamburger and then separately giving them a piece of cheese, arguing that she should've charged more for a cheeseburger. Courts ruled in the employee's favor, ordering the rest of her contract paid out in full.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 3

    I learned that the the town of Boring (Oregon, US) established relationship with village of Dull (Scotland, UK) in 2012; the following year they were joined with the Shire of Bland (New South Wales, AU) to form the League of Extraordinary Communities.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 4

    during World War II, Papua New Guinean ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’ carried 750 wounded up/down the Kokoda Trail. They prioritized feeding patients & built shelter with 4 sleeping on each side at night. No known injured soldier was ever abandoned by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, even during heavy combat.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 5

    that while 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson peaked at #3 in Australia, 'Eat It' by Weird Al Yankovic peaked at #1

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 6

    in the early 1930s, Cadillac's policy was to not sell cars to black people. In 1933, Nicholas Dreystadt, a middle manager at General Motors, crashed a GM executive committee meeting and convinced them to drop the policy and instead market to black people. Sales increased by 70% within a year.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 7

    in 2018 a mom put out an ad to borrow an orange cat so her kids could have "a lasagna dinner with Garfield" and succeeded.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 8

    that unlike most animals, African wild dogs follow an age-based food sharing system where pups are given immediate access to kills, making older dogs wait before they can eat.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 9

    that the deepest scuba dive of all time was 1,090 feet, set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. It took him nearly a decade to properly prepare for the dive. While the descent took only 15 minutes, the ascent back to the surface took over 13 hours.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 10

    of Solomon Islander Jacob C. Vouza. During WW2, he was captured by the Japanese during the Guadalcanal Campaign, tied to a tree, bayoneted, and left for dead. He then chewed through the ropes with his teeth and made his way to American lines warning them about an impending attack. He survived.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 11

    Roman physician Galen would use wine as a disinfectant for all types of wounds, and even soaked exposed bowels before returning them to the body. Only 5 Gladiators died under his watch.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 12

    That scam baiters managed to trick Nigerian scammers into traveling 1400 miles and left them stranded in Darfur in a warzone.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 13

    The consensus is that octopuses are most likely sentient.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 14

    about the Pizzly Bear, a Polar and Grizzly Bear hybrid. This hybrid species isn't sterile and can actually procreate.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 15

    The pika is a small rodent that collects plants and dries them out in the sun to store them for winter.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 16

    Anti-climb paint, a class of non-drying oil paint, was developed in the 1960s. It can take over 3 years to dry, It is used to prevent trespassing and mark trespassers as it is very difficult to remove.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 17

    that everyone wears Crocs in the 2006 movie Idiocracy because the costume designer had a limited shoe budget, and thought the cheap plastic shoes made by the then startup company were futuristic yet too stupid looking to ever become popular in real life.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 18

    of a courtier, Jeffrey Hudson, in the court of King Charles I of England who was only 18 inches tall. He challenged a normal-height man to a duel with pistols over an insult. His opponent came to the duel armed with a water squirt gun. Hudson shot him in the head with a real gun, killing him.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 19

    that Wild European hamsters in Vienna, Austria have learned to survive harsh winters by feasting on the oily, protein-filled candles left by mourners in gravesites.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 20

    that ginkgo trees are a symbol of hope and tenacity in Japan, as they were one of the few living things to survive the nuclear bomb at Hiroshima.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 21

    King Charles & Prince William always travel in separate planes in case there is a crash, one needs to survive.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 22

    after the fires that followed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many insurance companies tried to avoid covering the losses, except for Lloyd's of London: "Pay all of our policyholders in full, irrespective of the terms of their policies." This cemented Lloyd's reputation in the U.S.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 23

    the first U.S official coin in circulation, the Fugio Cent, had the motto "Mind Your Business" instead of "In God we Trust".

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 24

    that the famous dish: tikka masala - is British, not Indian and it was invented in the 70’s, not some cultural cuisine that’s been around for ages.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 25

    about a painkiller present in human saliva called Opiorphin which is stronger than Morphine.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 26

    In 2000, when the cast of "Friends" wouldn't come down from their $1,050,000/episode salary demands, NBC's Garth Ancier produced promos saying "You've loved them for seven years, see how it all ends with the series finale of Friends this Thursday". The cast agreed to lower salaries.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 27

    that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 28

    Christine Maggiore founded the HIV/AIDS denialism group Alive and Well. Maggiore herself then died of aids in 2008.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 29

    1 in 5 German parents regrets having children and would prefer to live their life without them.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 30

    Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name was Roosevelt. Her husband, Franklin, was her fifth cousin once removed.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 31

    that Kit Kat Bars come in over 200 flavors. Soy Sauce, Matcha, Orange, Blueberry, Lemon Vinegar, Yuzu, Blood Orange, Salt, Banana, Fruit Parfait, Melon, Muscat, Maple Syrup, Red Bean Soup, Cherry Blossom... just to name a few.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 32

    about “One Night Cough Syrup” was sold in the late 1800s, and it contained alcohol, cannabis, chloroform, and morphine. This mixture was available over the counter and promised to eliminate your cough in one night so you could sleep.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 33

    Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, Canada, has Earth’s greatest sheer vertical drop (4,101 feet).You can take one step off the peak and fall nearly a mile before you hit anything.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 34

    that 13% of people who receive CPR outside of a hospital are still alive a year later.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

  • 35

    Kobe Bryant is mostly responsible for the fall of high top basketball sneakers. Raised in Italy, Kobe noticed that soccer players play in a fairly similar way to basketball player. Kobe told Nike point-blank, 'I want the lowest, lightest-weight basketball shoe ever’.

    35 Interesting Facts That People Just Learned.

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