50 Random Facts List #17

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26Cows named Betsy

Cows named Betsy

Cows with personal names like Betsy give 5% more milk than cows with no name or impersonal names like “cow 12345”


27. The reason we see stars/shapes when we rub our eyes is that our brain doesn't know the difference between light and pressure when either stimulates the cells in our eyes


28. Over 2000 large man-made tunnels, known as "Erdstall", have been discovered across Europe, and nobody knows who made them or why


29. Dog farts are silent but deadly because they have a horizontal rectum, making their sphincter looser, resulting in quieter farts.


30. Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas had to abandon all of its land north of Missouri's southern border to be added as a slave state. It then went unassigned to any territory for 45 years.


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31Harry Caray

Harry Caray

Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray was estimated to have drunk 73,000 Budweisers during his lifetime.


32. Netherlands has a plan where flooding the country could be used as a defense strategy and this can easily be done by destroying various flood defenses in case of attack by a foreign country.


33. IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder's name, a farm where he grew up, and hometown.


34. The walk disturbance (where a person is so worried about how they walk that they may lose balance) may appear with social anxiety, especially when passing a group of people.


35. Obsession used to refer to being controlled by demons outside your body (whereas possession was being controlled by demons inside the body)


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36Arnprior town

Arnprior town

Scottish Town Arnprior population of 200 people painted wiggly lines on a straight road to confuse and slow down fast drivers.


37. Not only does regularly donating blood help others, but it has shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 88%


38. Before he ever wrote a feature film, Mel Brooks made an animated short where he improvised the voice of an old Jewish man forced to sit through an art house film. That short was called The Critic and it won him an Oscar.


39. Sprouts that come out of old potatoes are poisonous and can cause an array of symptoms ranging from vomiting to paralysis.


40. In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers but didn't publicize it until after it had happened. This way, only those who could travel back in time would be able to attend.


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41Temporary marriage

Temporary marriage

Unmarried Iranian people who have sex or even date and hold hands can be arrested, fined, or flogged. Sigheh or temporary marriage is a loophole to this. People can marry for a few minutes or as long as 99 years.


42. The Sentinelese, an indigenous population that lives on North Sentinel Island. They have lived there virtually untouched by modern civilization for thousands of years. Any intruders on their island have been met with lethal hostility.


43. The average member of the U.S. Congress makes $174,000 per year and it has been that way since 2009


44. Fika is a concept in Swedish culture that means "to have coffee, cake, and a chit-chat". It's a big part of the culture and most companies have two daily Fika breaks at 9 am and at 3 pm.


45. There is a soccer team (Athletic Bilbao) in Spain that since 1912 has only signed players who were born or raised in the Basque Country (where less than 7% of Spain's population live). Despite that, the team is one of the most successful teams in Spain and is one of the only teams never to be relegated


46Silver spoon

Silver spoon

In pre-modern times people brought their own silver spoons to the table, carrying them everywhere they went. Silver spoons were an indication of wealth, hence the saying "born with a silver spoon in his mouth."


47. Chris Evans was paid around $300,000 to star in Captain America: The First Avenger and that Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 initially for appearing in Thor and Robert Downey Jr. made $500,000 for the first Iron Man.


48. Thomas Hicks ran the 1904 Olympic marathon while drinking a mix of strychnine, egg whites, and brandy which made him hallucinate and become sick. His trainers had to carry him over the finish line but he was still declared the winner, with the slowest gold medal time in Olympic marathon history.


49. A single banana is called a finger and bunch of bananas is called a hand


50. London is one of the most surveilled cities on the planet, with 51,000 CCTV cameras. On average, a Londoner is captured on camera 300 times a day. The other cities with the most cameras are Beijing, Chicago, New York and Chongqing, China.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Re #5: Sadly for those of us who grew up with a distinction between male and female zippers, the clothing industry has opted for making nearly all clothing with the female zippers. I have a grand total of one clothing item, a jacket about three years old, that was made with a male zipper.

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