Unusual Facts Thread

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:05 pm

Monaco has the biggest per capita ownership of Rolls Royce Cars in the World

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:57 am

The word Robot comes from the Czechoslovakian word robotovat which means to work very hard.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:51 am

All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north, than at the south.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 4:53 am

MacDonald's milkshakes contain seaweed---in the form of an extract called carrageenan.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:17 pm

Any free-Moving liquid will form itself into a sphere in outer space because of its surface tension.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 12, 2016 6:45 am

It would take more than an hour for a heavy object to sink to the deepest part of the ocean.

TRENCHFOOT · Post by **TRENCHFOOT** » Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:38 am

noreply66 wrote:It would take more than an hour for a heavy object to sink to the deepest part of the ocean.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 4:50 am

Brazil is larger than all of the 48 contiguous United States combined.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:54 am

The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:15 am

Studies have found that fatherhood suppresses testosterone.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:06 pm

McDonald's is actually the world's largest toy distributor.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:09 am

The first Rolls Royce, marketed in 1906, sold for about $784. Now it would be about $295,000.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:04 am

In the 1700s, barbers not only gave haircuts and shaves but also pulled teeth performed minor surgery and did bloodletting.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:57 am

A hair dryer was the offspring of two unrelated inventions, the vacuum cleaner and the blender.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 5:00 am

The kitchen dishwasher was invented by a socialite politician's wife who was fed up with servants breaking her expensive dishes.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 5:24 am

The temperature of a typical lighting bolt can reach 50,000 F degrees, this is five times greater than the Sun's Surface.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:11 am

There are over 60,000 acres of shopping malls in the U.S.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:09 am

The first lawnmower was an adapted carpet cutting machine.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 12:25 pm

6/26 was the 19th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book being published. Only 500 copies were printed.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:14 am

The blood in the famous shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho was in fact Hershey's chocolate syrup.

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