Does anyone have any interesting information about anything?

Question

i was just wondering if anyone knew any interesting facts? i was kinda bored and thought it might be fun to learn something.

Answer 1

dont drink hot pepsi..

Answer 2

Here are some interesting facts for you

Diet Coke was only invented in 1982

Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus

Coca-cola was originally green

The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles

Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Bees have five eyes

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee

Kermit the Frog has 11 points on his collar around his neck

The average human will eat 8 spiders while asleep in thier lifetime

Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. Scientists at a University in Ontario, Canada have discovered that the part of Einstein's brain thought to be related to mathematical reasoning - the inferior parietal region - was 15 percent wider on both sides than a normal brain

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts

Attila the Hun died in 453 on the night of his marriage to Ilidico, he is thought to have been poisoned

Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of her menstrual cramps by having her doctor supply her with marijuana

In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant

The longest recorded tapeworm found in the human body was 33 meters in length

Most lipstick contains fish scales

One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children

At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them

At - 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing

Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century

Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud

There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Here's a few short ones:

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

"Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

"Fickleheaded" and "fiddledeedee" are the longest words consisting only of letters in the first half of the alphabet.

"Asthma" and "isthmi" are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.

"Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In the US "two weeks" is more commonly used.

"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.

"Hang on Sloopy" is the official rock song of Ohio.

"Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.

"Kemo Sabe", meaning an all knowing one, is actually a mispronunciation by Native American of the Spanish phrase, Quien lo Sabe, meaning one who knows."

The lunula is the half-moon shaped pale area at the bottom of finger nails.

"Ma is as selfless as I am" can be read the same way backwards. If you take away all the spaces you can see that all the letters can be spelled out both ways.

"Mad About You" star Paul Reiser plays the piano on the show's theme song.

"One thousand" contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.

"Ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.

"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

"Second string," meaning "replacement or backup," comes from the middle ages. An archer always carried a second string in case the one on his bow broke.

"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil."

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.

"Tautonyms" are scientific names for which the genus and species are the same.

"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, and Dutch.

Answer 5

Here's a question for you. "What did the letters S P Q R found on Roman standards stand for? The answer is "Senatus Populus Quis Romanus" which translates from the Latin as "The Senate and the people of Rome".

Answer 6

DORMITORY
When you rearrange the letters : DIRTY ROOM

DESPERATION
When you rearrange the letters : A ROPE ENDS IT

THE MORSE CODE
When you rearrange the letters : HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES
When you rearrange the letters : CASH LOST IN 'EM

ANIMOSITY
When you rearrange the letters : IS NO AMITY

MOTHER-IN-LAW
When you rearrange the letters : WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS
When you rearrange the letters : ALAS! NO MORE Z's

A DECIMAL POINT
When you rearrange the letters : I'M A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES
When you rearrange the letters : THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO
When you rearrange the letters : TWELVE PLUS ONE

ALEC GUINNESS
When you rearrange the letters : GENUINE CLASS

SEMOLINA
When you rearrange the letters : IS NO MEAL

CONTRADICTION
When you rearrange the letters : ACCORD NOT IN IT

ASTRONOMER
When you rearrange the letters : MOON STARER

PRINCESS DIANA
When you rearrange the letters : END IS A CAR SPIN

THE PUBLIC ART GALLERIES
When you rearrange the letters : LARGE PICTURE HALL I BET

YEAR TWO THOUSAND
When you rearrange the letters : A YEAR TO SHUT DOWN

And for the grand finale...

PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA
When you rearrange the letters : TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS

Answer 7

the only two letters not on the standard telephone touch pad are q and z
the ten key calculator and the phone dial are reversed as they felt secretarys built up too much speed and can damage the equipment by that.
pretty ricky isnt pretty and his name isnt ricky
the thompson twins arent named thompson and arent twins
there are no deadly poisonous snakes in australian known
a major ingredient in automatic transmission fluid is a derivative of walnuts.
a major ingredient in jello is derived from the lining of a pigs stomach(pectin)
a water balloon wont burn...try it...till its dried out totally, the concept is used in automobile radiators.
there is enough power between a silver dime, a copper penny and spit (saliva) to power some transistors.
the shortest presidency is william henry harrison who died one month after inaguration from a stomach ailment believed to be from eating strawberries and cream.
you can die from drinking too much water.
it is physically impossible to stick your elbow in your ear.
orange is one of the few english words known to have no rhyme available.

i hope ive helped.

Answer 8

Random animal facts: Bats are the only mammals that can actually fly. Hippos are the closest relatives to whales and dolphins. A nine-banded armadillo almost always bears an identical set of quadruplets. A kangaroo rat can go it's entire life of 3 - 5 years without taking a single sip of water. A full grown horse's intestines are approximately 89 feet long. Alektorophobia is the condition in which people are afraid of chickens. Dogs are not completely colorblind. They see color in a similar manner as a human with red-green colorblindness. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. Tylenol and chocolate are both poisonous to cats. Sea otters whose diet includes the purple sea urchin have purple teeth... even their offspring (likely from the mother's milk). Male Narwhals (aka "unicorn whales") have only two teeth, both set in the upper jaw. It's left tooth spirals away from the head in a counterclockwise direction, growing up to 9 or 10 feet in length.

Answer 9

if you put peroxide in your ears and let it sit there for a few minutes before draining it, it helps to prevent colds and infections. Not really a fact but a nice bit a of knowledge during flu season.

Answer 10

your eyes never grow, your nose and ears always grow.

a goldfish has a memory sopan of 3 seconds!

lolipop is the longest word typed on the left hand.

For more, go to snopes.com

Answer 11

Under extream stress octapuses may eat their own arms.