37 Short Random Facts That Almost Nobody Knows – Part 136

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26North Africa

North Africa

There was a plan in the 1920s/30s to dam the Mediterranean Sea, create a series of hydroelectric dams, lower sea levels and make North Africa more fertile. It was imagined by a German who wanted to avoid another world war for resources, land, and energy by providing plentiful resources for Europe.


27. During the 1983 Byford Dolphin diving bell accident, a human error caused a decompression chamber inside an oil rig to go from 9 atmospheres of pressure to 1 in less than a second. Out of the 5 dead, one was ripped apart so violently pieces of him were found over 30 feet away.


28. George R.R. Martin made Game of Thrones show creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff correctly guess the identity of Jon Snow's mother before he allowed them to adapt his novels.


29. There is a freshwater parasite called Naegleria fowleri that can enter your brain through your nasal cavity while swimming in freshwater lakes/poorly sanitized pools. The parasite destroys human brain tissue and is over 97% fatal within days.


30. Pizza Hut delivered a pizza to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, gaining a Guinness World Record for highest altitude pizza.


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31Cosquer Cave

Cosquer Cave

An underwater cave (Cosquer Cave) in southern France has more than 20,000-year-old cave art on its walls, made when sea levels were lower. The art depicts Auks, Bison, wild horses, and more.


32. When you get a sunburn, it's not your skin cells being damaged by the sun's UV rays and dying, it's your skin cells' DNA being damaged by the sun's UV rays making the cells kill themselves to prevent turning into cancer.


33. Russian millionaire Pavel Durov was once so bored at his office that he threw paper airplanes made of money out his window, which caused a brawl outside.


34. Mickey Mouse is based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Walt Disney created Oswald but rights to the character were taken by Universal Studios. Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse as a replacement for Disney Studios. He made sure all future characters were owned directly by Disney.


35. A Canadian man named Dr. Norman Bethune served as an army doctor in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War and invented the first mobile blood transfusion clinic. He is so beloved in China that his eulogy penned by Mao Zedong is required reading in Chinese textbooks.


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36Buffet

Buffet

As part of a study, 139 diners were offered an all-you-can-eat buffet at an upscale restaurant for either $4 or $8. Both groups ate exactly the same food and the same amount, but those who paid $8 rated their meal satisfaction an average of 11% higher. The $4 diners were more likely to feel guilty that they had overeaten.


37. During the Great Depression, companies would print colorful patterns onto flour sacks so that women can make dresses out of them.

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