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The first 3D film, 200 Fun Facts That You will Love To Know The Power of Love, had its premiere at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel Theater on September 27, 1922. Oysters that were initially male can become female over time. That’s because, in oysters, sex is determined partly by environment. If you’re in the Philippines, you can order a combo that includes a chicken drumstick and spaghetti—or more specifically, a one-piece Chicken McDo with McSpaghetti.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Beekeepers in France once noticed that their bees were making shades of green and blue honey. It was later discovered that the bees were consuming colorful M&M waste from a nearby Mars factory.
It takes 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.
He also insisted on sleeping right in the middle with his arms outstretched and his hands equal distances from the edge. She also used her concert at the breathtaking location to raise awareness about the disease. “The windchill was extreme and everybody thought I would only last about 10 minutes,” De Lain admitted. Instead, she played for more than an hour.
In 1914, Abram Pheil paid $400 (which would be $8,500 today) for a 23-minute plane ride. The Florida flight flew between Saint Petersburg and Tampa, where only 21 miles of water separate the cities. Pheil, a former mayor of Saint Petersburg, and the pilot, Tony Jannus, were the only passengers. This momentous flight paved the way for air travel as we know it.
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In Greek, the word for “Christ” starts with the letter Chi, which looks like an X in the Roman alphabet. If you’re fascinated by this fact, you’ll be equally transfixed by the history of these Christmas symbols. In the 1400s, it meant to “break wind quietly,” according to the English Oxford Living Dictionaries.
During a cotton shortage in World War I, Kimberly-Clark devised a thin, flat cotton substitute to use as a filter for army gas masks. However, the war ended before scientists could perfect the material. In turn, the company constructed a thinner and softer material that eventually became Kleenex tissues. People tend to store their devices on their back pockets, which is why Samsung created a robotic butt to test phone durability. Bubble wrap was born in 1957, when engineer Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Marc Chavannes tried creating a textured wallpaper. However, their product was rejected.
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Bet that’s one fun fact you kind of wish you didn’t know now. Most countries don’t refrigerate their eggs. In the US, they are considered a perishable item and therefore have to be refrigerated, but they have a surprisingly long shelf life. You can actually hear rhubarb grow — it pops!
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Snails have been known to sleep up to three years if the weather isn't moist enough to meet their needs. Honeybees flap their wings 230 times every second. At birth, a panda cub is smaller than a mouse and weighs only four ounces. Horses and cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream when lying down.
These other dictionary facts will make you realize just how interesting these big books are. In fact, one Texas man was hospitalized when a bullet he shot at an armadillo ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the jaw. That’s a totally true animal tidbit. These animal “facts,” however, are false. On January 1, 1892, Annie Moore was the first passenger to disembark at Ellis Island on its opening day.
The map size in GTA V is twice the actual size of Manhattan.
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other. Eventually, he came upon the name Bob Dylan and officially changed his name to this on August 2, 1962. Nobody knows why he chose this name, but many people, including Dylan himself, have told different stories over the years.
- Monaco is study in opulence, without a doubt, but the country only spans 520 acres, compared to Central Park’s 843 acres.
- At 20 letters long, uncharacteristically is far from the longest word in the English language.
- Despite the sub-zero temperatures, De Lain was determined to perform the feat as a tribute to her mother who passed away the previous year from cystic fibrosis.
- Opened in 1905 by a native of Naples, Italy, Genaro Lombardi, Lombardi’s Pizza introduced the American people to their most passionate love affair, pizza.
- When Thomas Sullivan distributed tea samples in small, silk bags in 1908, his customers dunked them in water – bag and all.
- When dogs are choosing the perfect place to go poop, it’s because they prefer to poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field.
