50 amazing "Did you know" facts that will amaze you
These are the incredible trivia issues that you will want to ask all your friends.
One of the best things about learning something new is to share this knowledge with others. And while some facts arestrange and wonderful and others aretotally useless, there is a whole category oftrivia It's so incredible that you can not resist her to everyone you meet "Did you know?!" From why the grapes catch the microwave at the microwave for how long it takes the average mammal to urinate, these are the facts that will fascinate you and your friends.And for more facts that could shock you, consult these50 health facts supported by science that will burn you.
1 The light grapes on the fire in the microwave.
Back in 2011, a physicist at Sydney University went viral after placing a microwave and filmed theFiery AfterMath. And oddly, scientists could not explain the phenomenon before recently. A March 2019 study published inActs of the National Academy of Sciencesreported that the fruity fireball occurs as a result of the electrons and free ions that are grouped togetherForm plasma when the grapes are hot. And here is more than the100 fascinating facts that you will want to share with everyone you know.
2 There are nearly 8 million seven-digit phone numbers possible by zone code.
Each zone code has 792 possible prefixes or NXX codes (for example, NXX-XXXX or 555-1234), explains the Texas Public Services Commission. And each "NXX" has 10,000 possible phone numbers. So, with a little calculation, we know that theoretically, there is7,920,000 seven-digit telephone numbers possible in each surface code. Obviously, all these numbers are not used, so you do not need to try nearly 8 million digits if you want to compose a friend at random a friend who lives nearby.
3 Spaghetto, Confetto and Graffito are the singular shapes of spaghetti, confetti and graffiti.
Although it may seem a little strange, the word for a piece of individual spaghetti isspaghetto. The same goes for a single piece of confetti, which is confret, and only one piece of graffiti, which is graffito, according toMerriam Webster.
4 McDonald's has once created a flavored broccoli in Bubblegum.
McDonald's always introduces new articles for their loyal customers. And of course, some have more success than others. But theirBroccoli flavored in Bubblegum, that the fast food chain has grown in 2014 as a tap version of the leafy green for children, was a complete failure. CEO of McDonald'sDon Thompson Admitted that children were confused by taste.
5 The average mammal takes 21 seconds to empty his bladder.
Nobody wants to blame if you have never bothered to take you time on the toilet. But you may want to know that the researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that most mammals weighing more than six books take21 seconds to pee. According toLive science, thisStrangely coherent duration is due to the fact that the urethra is "appropriately" to be a "flow improvement device". And apparently, the perfectly improved flow takes 21 seconds to complete.
6 Chewing gum is banned in Singapore.
With laws against spitting and urinate anywhere, but in a toilet (which you are then legally obliged to hunt if it is a public bathroom),Singapore also forbids chewing gum In order to keep the city clean and ordered. The prohibition was created in 1992. In 2004, exceptions were made for therapeutic, dental or nicotine gums. And for more Tidbits de Trivia, check55 Facts so interesting that you will launch you for not knowing them.
7 The average American household has 300,000 things.
If you have been inspired byMarie Kondo Or not, you probably still have nearly one-third of one million items at home. A report found thatThe average American house has about 300,000 things in her. Yeah, we like things. Many things.
8 The 1939 novelGadsby is the longest book ever published that does not contain the letter "E".
Back in 1939, American authorErnest Vincent WrightpublishedGadsby, aRoman of 50,000 words that does not use the letter 'E'once. Moreover, it is not the only novel that has given up the letter. AuthorGeorges Perec also wrote the French language bookDISAPPEARANCE Without the "E" in 1969. It is even more amazing when you consider that "E" is the most commonly used English letter (and French!). And these are the23 words you need to stop bad pronouncing.
9 Lobsters have a clear blood.
Most of us are well aware that lobster shells change color when exposed to heat (as in a pot of boiling water, for example). But as intriguing is the blood of sea creatures. Lobster blood is clear, first andturns blue when it hits oxygen.
10 The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.
Buyer beware, as they say. Fortunately, the buyerMark Fraser was apparently aware that he was receivingbroken laser pointer when he bought for $ 14.83 from eBay founderPierre Omidyar in 1995. And for more quiz questions to test your cool friends, see50 Facts About Life You would not believe you do not already know.
11 Japan suffers from a shortage ninja.
If you've always dreamed of being a ninja, might now be the time to do a reality. The Japanese city of Iga, who has a rich history of martial arts masters and claims to be the birthplace of the ninja, suffered ashortage ninja in 2018, despite the fact that they are willing to pay salaries as high as $ 85,000 for ninjas performative ready to assume the job of staffing their ninja annual festival.
12 The longest name in the world is 85 letters.
Unfortunately, this is one of the facts that you probably can not repeat to your friends and that is because it is almost impossible to pronounce. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is in New Zealand and 85 letters. And when it comes to other superlong place namesHe is followed by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Wales, Lake Chaubunagungamaug in the United States, Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein in South Africa, and Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarre Spain.
13 There was a prehistoric dragonfly's wings lasted more than two feet.
There are more than 300 million years,Meganeura has emerged as the largest known flying insect that ever existed on Earth. The dragonfly like creature had a wingspan that stretched about 2.5 feet. Insects were also big enough to hunt prey such as frogs and newts, he could eat with his teeth mandibles.
14 Bubble wrap was invented as wallpaper.
If you can not wait to pop each pocket filled with air the minute you pull a piece of bubble wrap a package, can you imagine how it would be if it were irresistible cover your walls? Engineeral Fielding and Swiss inventorMarc Chavannes probably did not think that when, in 1957, theyinvented bubble wrap while trying to create a textured paper by sealing two shower curtains together to trap air bubbles.
15 Shakespeare invented more than 1700 words.
Shakespeare wrote some of the most expensive and revered pieces of literature in the world has ever known, but to make his plays and poems, sometimes he resorted to his own words. In fact, the bard is said to have come withmore than 1700 words including Moonbeam, laughable, eyeball, bump, vomiting, champion, bedroom, excitement and wacky.
16 Santa has received an official pilot's license in 1927.
WhenSanta Claus makes his journey around the world on Christmas Eve, you can be assured that he is legally allowed to drive his sleigh, at least in the United States. In 1927, the merry man in the red suit was given Commerce Deputy Secretary of pilot license for the aircraftWilliam P. MacCracken.
According to the Library of Congress, "The old saint called to Commerce in Washington," and when he arrived, his picture was taken ashe received his license, Airway Cards "and ensuring that the lights are lit on the airways Christmas Eve. »
17 Einstein's brain was stolen when he died.
When the Nobel Prize winning physicistAlbert EinsteinDeceased on April 18, 1955, he left specific instructions when he came to the disposal of his body, according to aNational Geographic investigation. Einstein did not want his corpse to be loved or his brain to study, so he asked those who were responsible for his remains to "incinerate them, and disperse the ashes secretly to discourage idolatres. »
However,Thomas Harvey, The lawist medical exam on appeal when Einstein died at the Princeton New Jersey Hospital, do not quite follow these instructions. Instead, heStolen Einstein's brain. From there, things were even stranger. When the family of Einstein discovered, his son does not seem to be the object of the flight and Harvey could keep the brain in two pots in his basement before moving on to "a cider box planted under a cooler of beer. »
18 A single watermelon sold once sold for $ 6,125.
In 2008, a man in Japan bought a nearly blackWatermelon Densuke for 650 ¥ ¥ or $ 6,125. Specialty fruits are grown only on the island of Hokkaido and, according to a Japanese agricultural expert in theLos Angeles Timesis crisp and hard with "A different level of sweetness"That the watermelon, we are used to eating.
19 A Brazilian man was killed in bed when a cow fell through the roof and landed on him.
In 2013,Joao Maria de Souza was lying in bed when a cow blurred on a hill behind his housemarket on the roof of asbestos and fell through, landing on Souza, according to the BBC. The wounded man was taken to a hospital where he went later. As strange as this incident may seem, locals say it was the third time that a similar thing had happened in the region over the last three years, although no one is killed the first two times.
20 Scientists have made a "nanoguitar" of the size of a human blood cell.
CORNELL University Researcherscarved the tiny musical instrument On the crystalline silicon and claim that it is the smallest "nanoguitar" in the world with 10 micrometers long. The six strings of the guitar are about 50 nanometers (100 atoms) wide. And although it has been "done to have fun to illustrate the technology", it also shows how this technology could be used in optical fibers, displays, sensors and electronic devices.
21 The maximum speed of the winning car in the first American race was seven miles an hour.
Frank Durya reached a maximum speed of 7 m / h when he ran the second car he had ever built with his brother, Charles, the day of Thanksgiving, November 27, 1895. TheChicago-Times Herald sponsored race Featured a 54-mile journey that ran downtown Chicago to Evanston and back.
22 Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet of 7,000 feet thick.
For reference, it is about 19 football fields. TheAmerican Antarctic Program Also note that if the ice sheet has ever been suddenly melted, it raised the sea level around the world about 200 feet and would overwhelm a large part of the coastal areas of the Gulf and Atlantic United States.
23 "Arachibutyrophobia" is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
It is quite common to be afraid of the heights and frightened spiders, but if you have an arachibutyobyoby, you are among the smallest groups of people who suffer from a fear of peanut butter paste at the roof of their mouths. This phobia is often linked to a fear of choking or fear of sticky textures, but it can also be its own isolated fear.
24 The crowds for a football game of the State University of Louisiana, once applauded so hard that it was registered as an earthquake on a local seismographic.
The game, which took place between LSU and Auburn University, took place in front of a crowd of 79,431 fans at the LSU Tiger Stadium. The reaction of the crowd to the last passage of the gamerecorded as an earthquake by a seismograph located around 1,000 feet from the stadium. A seismologist noticed reading the next day and the match came down into the history of LSU as "earthquake game".
25 There is a guinness world record for stretchy skin.
Turner of Garry U.K. hold theGuinness World RecordFor stressful skin thanks to the fact that it can expand the skin to the stomach of 15.8 centimeters. Turner is capable of such an elastic feat thanks to a defective condition of the collagen called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.Good place actressJameela Jamil recently confirmed thatShe also has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, even demonstrating the approach of his skin on social media.
26 One of the largest pyramids in the world is a Bass Pro Shops from Memphis, Tennessee.
If you can not go to Egypt to see the big pyramids of Giza, you may want to plan a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, to see the localBass Pro Shops Megastore. 321 feet tall, with a 535,000 square feet interior, it is one of the largest pyramids in the world and has a hotel, an inner swamp, an aquarium, an aisle of Bowling and the world's favorite elevator, which can take you to an observation bridge.
27 Scientists once gave a night vision of superhero mouse with nanoparticles.
FictitiousMarvel characters Are not the only ones with superhero powers. Some lucky mice have had the ability toSee perfectly in the dark When scientists used nanoparticles that convert infrared light on a visible light. The same method could be used to give humans the same superpublie in night vision one day in the future. We will just have to wait andsee.
28 Extreme ironing is a real sport.
There are many extreme sports if you are an adrenaline junky. Classics like skydiving and surfing to newcomers like Parkour andblobbing (a.k.a. human catapulting)There is really something for everyone. But if you want to combine your love of cleaning with your love to become wild, so maybe you would like to tryextreme irony, which was founded in 1997 and challenged competitors to pressure shirts in unexpected places, similar to trees, hanging on cliffs or white water rapids for more than two decades.
29 A rescue drill was canceled in the morning of the Titanic tragedy.
Other than the fact that he hit an iceberg and poured, a lot shot during the titanic tragedy. But one of the most affected by the jaw on the incident is that, according to the passengerArthur Godfrey Penen, who then recalled what had happened during his testimony at the hearings of the congress in Washington, aRoutine rescue drill It was supposed to take place the morning of the disaster, but the crew has never been assembled and the drill was canceled.And for more than this catastrophe, check the13 surprising artifacts found in the Titanic wreck.
30 There is a Starbucks cup in every shot in the movieFighter club.
This is not quite true that there is a Starbucks on every corner of each major city. But it happens to be a Starbucks cup in each scene of the film of 1999Fighter club FeaturedBrad Pitt,Edward Norton, andHelena Bonham Carter. The appearance of the cut would have been inspired by a line in the film, when the character of Norton explains: "When the exploration of the deep space increases, it will be the companies that name everything, the IBM Stellar sphere, The Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks. " You can see all the cups on thisFull Tumblr page.
31 The birds in Minnesota have drunk bays.
In October 2018, the police department of Gilbert Minnesota published a public notice on the birds that seemed to be "under the influence. "It turns out that airborne animals apparently ate berries that had fermented because of frozen, which made them" gulf ". Unfortunately, it meant that the buzzed bounds acted confused and flying in Windows. To sleep.
32 Lady Liberty wears a shoe size 879.
It is not a secret that the statue of freedom is a powerful monument. The copper section alone measures 151 feet and one inch of height. But if Lady Liberty needed a new pair of sandals, it would takeSize 879 Shoes Cover your feet massive.
33 It is illegal to own a single guinea pig in Switzerland.
The guinea pigs are social animals that prefer the camaraderie of another guinea pig. This is why it is illegal to own one of the small creatures in Switzerland. Fortunately, if one of your fuzzy pets passes and you are not ready to commit to another, Switzerland also allows you toPraise a guinea pig For your remaining pet.
34 Nearly half of the world's population monitored the FIFA World Cup Games 2010 and 2014.
In 2010, theFIFA World Cup South Africa It has been shown in all countries and territories of the planet, including Antarctica and the Arctic Circle, which meant a record of 3.2 billion people in the world watched the game at home, 46.4% of the world's population. Four years later,FIFA Brazil World Cup Drawn the same amazing number of viewers.
35 There is a basketball court in the American building of the Supreme Court.
"The highest courtyard of the country"Is the name given to the basketball court which is located in the building of the Supreme Court of the United States. Located on the top floor (and therefore higher than any other building court, which had its name ), the old storage room was shot. In an exercise area for landing employees in the 1940s before nets were finally installed.
36 There is a planet that has the shape of a potato.
All celestial objects do not have such a perfectly majestic form as the planet Earth. In fact, some of them are hilarious squares to watch. Take haumea, for example. Thisdwarf planet is cool for a number of reasons. About the same size as Pluto, Humaea Orbits the sun beyond Neptune and has rings similar to Jupiter. But what makes this object even more interesting is that it is shaped like a potato.
37 There are 118 ridges on the side of a penny.
There is also119 ridges (which are called torn edges) on the side of a quarter, 150 on the side of a half-dollar, 198 on a coin in dollars and 133 on aSusan B. Anthony Dollar piece.
38 The feces of wombat are cube-shaped.
The wiabats produce about 80 to 100 pieces of excrement every night and until recently, no one knew why it was in the form of cube. But in 2018, the researchers concluded that he wasWombat's intestines, which are composed of certain "extensible" sections and "rigid", which create "edges and cubes" during the digestive process.
39 Cheesers are studying if music can change the taste of cheese.
Beat Wampfler, a Swiss cheese, plays band songs like Led Zeppelin and a tribe called Quest during its process of cheese production and, with the help of students from the University of the Arts of Berne, he studied to see if and How? 'Or' WhatMusic can change the flavor of its emmental cheese. Wampfler saidAFP, "I am convinced that moisture, temperature or nutrients are not the only things that influence taste ... Sounds, ultrasounds or music can also have physical effects."
40 It only takes six minutes for alcohol to affect your brain.
Only one glass can quickly go to your head, whether or not you feel. Researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital have found that justsix minutes after consuming alcohol, the changes are already taking place in the brain. So even if you do not feel right away, you are certainly not totally sober either.
41 Daniel Radcliffe crossed nearly 70 chopsticks and 160 pairs of glasses during the manufacture of theHarry Potter movies.
According toHollywood journalistThe production team also completed 40 versions of the Salazar Slytherin medallion, 250 marble staircase paintings, 900 memory vials for the office of Dumbledore office and 210 000 pieces for the stage of Gringott Bank in the two last films.And for more information on the phenomenon of the wizard, check the35 ways Harry Potter is still crazy relevant.
42 There are actually two air forces.
Each vehicle needs an interview to stay in advanced, especially if it is supposed to carry a country's leader around the world. So whenAir Force OneThe airplane Sam 28000 Boeing 747-200B gets a focus, there is a SAM identical 29000 standing by. An airplane is always ready for the use of the president whenever necessary.
43 "Forces" is the longest word of the English language with a vowel.
With nine letters and eight of them being consonants, "strengths" is theLongest word in English with a single vowel, according to theGUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. Which, on reflection, makes a really strange word.
44 It would cost the price of $ 18.3 million to make a replica solution from Dark Vader.
There is no doubt that the Gettup of Darth Vader is enough SnazzyStars warsbut according toTime, it's probably out of your budget. It's because it would cost$ 18.3 million to make a real replica Combination with a voice modifier, a breathing apparatus, prosthetic members and a reality filter increased.
45 Shark attacks threaten internet.
If shark attacks give you the thrills, you are not alone. And people on Google can sympathize with the fact that they treatshark attacks who threaten the internet. And it's not a new problem. Back in 1987,TheNew York Times reported that it was a problem with the telephone lines at the time because "sharks showed aInexplicable taste for new fiber optic cables which are threaded along the ocean floor connecting the United States, Europe and Japan. "
46 "Q" is the only letter that does not appear in any American state name.
In what state do you live? Does he have a "Q" in the name? We can guarantee that it's not because it's theOnly letter that does not appear in any US state name, from Alabama to Wyoming and all inclusive between.
47 You can get your eyes tattooed.
If you have already considered getting all your tattooed body, make sure you do not forget your eyes. Hardcore body fans startedinked from their eyes All kinds of colors, purple green. CornBeware of risks who come with such extreme change.
48 Three American presidents-Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter-won Grammys.
Jimmy Carter Won Three Grammy Awards in the Best Album Talking Album forOur endangered values: the moral crisis of America in 2007,A complete life: reflections to ninety In 2016, and finallyFaith: a trip for all In 2019.
In 2004,Bill Clinton won the best word spoken album forMy life, just a year after winning the best word spoken for kids thanks toPROKOFIEV: Peter and the wolf / beintus: Wolf slopes.
Barack Obama won two grammmys, including the most word spoken word album in 2006 for theMy father's dreams Audiobook and another in 2008 when he brought home the Best Album of Grammy spoken words for the audioobook version ofThe audacity of hope.
49 There is a toilet museum.
TheSulabh International Museum of Toilet In New Delhi, India, has a rare collection of objects "detailing the historic evolution of the toilet" of 2500 ECB right until today. Learn more about the toilet systems of old companies, the elaborate toilets of the eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, and even a toilet of Austria that has shaped like a lion so that you can feel like you drive the beast wild while making your business.
50 It is against the law to feed pigeons in the streets or sidewalks of San Francisco.
You might think that throwing a bird roll is a good thing to do, but in San Francisco, it could put you in trouble. This is because it is illegal to feed pigeons in the streets or on the sidewalks of the city of California. The Department of Public Works in San Francisco explains that there are dozens of reasons why "You should not feed our flying friends", but mainly:Nourish pigeons Night at our neighborhoods and also nights birds. "And for faster facts, check these35 fascinating quick facts for when you're bored.