Strange Facts...

[100% Al Ahly Fan 53]

English is the third most spoken language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is first.

Puffer fish can be very poisonous, but in Japan they are specially prepared and eaten as a delicacy.

Eskimos use walrus whiskers for toothpicks.

Bricks were invented in Egypt over 7,000 years ago.

McDonald's restaurant's mascot before Ronald McDonald was an animated hamburger named Speedie

There are over 2,700 languages in the world, over 1,000 of which are spoken in Africa.

King Arthur's sword was Excalibur. Sir Lancelot's sword was Arondight.

There are more bicycles in China than there are people in the United states.

The coal mines of Centralia, Pennsylvania have been burning since 1961 and can't be extinguished.

Both glue and gelatin are made from animals hides and bones.

The Hawaiian Islands were once known as the Sandwich Islands.

Honeybees and snakes can't hear.

An average person has over 1300 dreams per year.

Alexander the Great's remains were preserved in a huge jar of honey.

Human fingernails grow more than two times faster than toenails.

The Google search engine is available in the Klingon language.

Sharks can sense a drop of blood from over a mile away.

A human fetus has fully formed fingerprints after 18 weeks.

The onion is actually a member of the lily family.

The white wedding dress only became popular in the mid-19th century.

The bat is the only mammal that truly flies.

Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General of the United States.

Humans and chimpanzees have DNA that is 95% identical.

Americans eat more than 30 pounds of cheese per person per year.

When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I like the last one.

[scandal 951]

I like the last one.

You weigh less. But your mass does not change.

[Kar98 0]

"...whom..."

Just saying.

[100% Al Ahly Fan 53]

Blocks of tea were used as currency in Siberia during the 18th century.

The averagr surface temperature of the sun is almost 10,000 degrees fahrenheit.

The blood of spiders is transparent.

The fastest production car in the world is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, which tops out at 253 mph.

The sun's light takes only 8 minutes to reach earth. That's 186,262 miles per second.

All five Scandinavian countries have the same flag, but with different colors.

Coca-Cola's ad slogan for 1908 was "The satisfactory beverage".

The first woman to fly faster than sound was Jacqueline Cochran, in 1953

One of the models who portrayed the Marlboro Man in advertisements died of lung cancer.

Utah and Hawaii are the only U.S. states that allow no form of gambling whatsoever.

The worst tornado in US history killed 689 people in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana on March 18, 1925.

In the US, there are more radio stations that play country music than any other type of music

A commonly used pseuonym in theater is George Spelvin, for those who don't want their real name in the credits.

Professional baseball attracts 3 times the number of spectators as professional football.

Cotton candy was originally called fairy floss. They changed the name in 1920.

[almaty 19]

Cotton candy was originally called fairy floss. They changed the name in 1920.

hmmmmmmm...still is in some places..

[100% Al Ahly Fan 53]

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet

Cat urine glows under a black-light

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows

[Krikit 1,164]

The Google search engine is available in the Klingon language.

Am I the only one who googled that?

I see Strange Facts - Part 3 is complete with exclamation marks!!!

I guess that means it's getting more exciting!!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders

That's ghey.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows

Yeap, that's true.

Tavo's windows 4

Birds 0

so far...

[almaty 19]

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

hmmm.. i always get 3 or 4

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I remember when they stopped Saturday mail delivery in Canada. I also remember when they delivered the mail twice a day - morning and afternoon!

[almaty 19]

whoa..2 x a day..outstanding

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I was trying to find out when they stopped it in Canada. Apparently they stopped it in the US in 1950 which is before I was born, but I do remember as a child waiting for the mail man to come in the morning and again in the afternoon while we still lived in the Montreal area.

[Ladylethal 12]

English is the third most spoken language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is first.

What's the second?

King Arthur's sword was Excalibur. Sir Lancelot's sword was Arondight.

Does it count if it's based on myth alone?

The white wedding dress only became popular in the mid-19th century.

Oh! I knew that one, blue was the color for pure in medieval times and was the usual main color on a wedding gown.

The blood of spiders is transparent.

Ok, now this is interesting.

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people

Gotta let my left handed husband aware of this!

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet

That is neat!