Our FamilyForum
Our FamilyForum Welcome Center => Chit Chat & Humor => Topic started by: Skhilled on August 18, 2022, 09:42:38 AM
-
Duncan Hines was a real person.
Stroll through the baking aisle at any grocery store, and you’ll likely find instant cake mixes and containers of frosting emblazoned with the Duncan Hines name. But unlike other boxed mix competitors (looking at you, Betty Crocker), Hines was a real-life food personality whose name was once synonymous with fine dining. For a man who couldn’t cook, Hines became a surprisingly well-trusted authority on American cuisine for nearly three decades, all thanks to an iron stomach and fearless forays into restaurant kitchens.
Born in Kentucky in 1880, Hines worked as a traveling salesman from the ’20s through the ’40s, a life that didn’t allow for regular home-cooked meals. While putting anywhere from 40,000 to 60,000 miles on the road each year, he kept a meticulous journal of his dining experiences, listing noteworthy restaurants that provided budget-friendly dishes. But Hines didn’t just review meals — at a time when health codes and food inspections weren’t yet standard, he went so far as to audit kitchens himself, monitoring food safety practices, cleanliness, and even examining the garbage.
Flooded with requests from fellow travelers, Hines attached a list of 167 restaurants to his 1935 Christmas card. A year later, he self-published Adventures in Good Eating, a comprehensive compendium of U.S. eateries that was updated annually until 1962. With each edition, Hines solidified his reputation for honest critiques, in part because he refused payment for good reviews (though he did profit from renting signs bearing his stamp of approval to restaurants, and once accepted a gifted Cadillac from a happy restaurant owner). By 1949, Hines had teamed up with businessman Roy Park to launch Hines-Park Foods, which sold under the Duncan Hines label — moving the reviewer’s name from print to the containers of more than 250 grocery items. The brand’s iconic boxed cake mixes debuted in July 1951 in just two flavors — vanilla and devil’s food. Today, the cake mixes are beloved by many, even if the man who originally helped create them has been forgotten.
-
Tasted many a cake with his name on it! :eat:
-
Scientists can figure out how old whales are by looking at their earwax.
Whales are some of the most majestic creatures on the planet. The blue whale is the largest animal to ever exist (http://track.interestingfacts.com/?xtl=1uj6hjm0jumcuftlgua12hw3dz3owyqn6we5liax362eenio5hvgyldctr2lsd7m24r5zgw1mxfiygqoyqwz3s9w4698jyxqmegt5pv4313n6tkyzk452mwhtohu7l39rmbuh8027taidmx52f9nbau2sokil2n5lpfmmtej6ec9p2rvsninxi396t5a8clf9lfgnm0une59ioaqw6jrvludm7shpxkdpksqwc6jelzkzkmglk4bd08jo5anngxk7w9qn2ornegw5mq3ndm2owp2a693rxos3sw60wl86c962bp496arijmu52&eih=9usk6tr7eqj7wlttgxa795o4tyaqp&emc_click_data=503f54cf91f0478e1a4c183e862f8f69cfede45753262605d3b98c354e8914fbe6b05f000be55175cfa39a75e903d88a01d09bb1ca8b8b714e5a71dc9f28885b82287bc6c3b550c95b2af1550c9a6ad3a1fdae2b04115811c15c0fdb09223358babca4116c38dd25c6e28152e54b22182c05e36b18f22e9d37d0286e83b60e0a9218efd1fbeaad707f74e91c46fb8bb65ccf8c1195bfb4bd90592caa579ad04c), the bowhead whale can live for more than 200 years, and a few humpback whales saved the future of humanity in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In fact, these creatures are so amazing that even their earwax is a vital tool — at least for helping scientists understand the mysterious mammals themselves. Take, for instance, the 10-inch-long earplug of an adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). Cetologists — scientists who study whales — can cut into a plug of earwax and learn the whale’s age, much as dendrochronologists do with tree rings. Earwax from blue whales (and other large whales such as humpbacks) forms rings, known as “laminae,†every six months, which give scientists a snapshot of the creature’s entire life through cycles of summer feeding and winter migration.
And these waxy earplugs can tell scientists more than just a whale’s age. Earplugs also capture a chronological “chemical biography†that shows what chemicals and pollutants were found in the animal’s body throughout its life, including levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Scientists have compared whale cortisol levels with whaling data, using records from 1870 to 2016, and found an unmistakable positive correlation. The only discrepancy was during World War II, when whale stress levels increased despite a decrease in whaling overall (scientists assume increased military activity was the likely culprit). Despite a near-international moratorium on whaling in the 1980s, whales still exhibit high cortisol levels thanks to increased ship noise, climate change, and other factors. But with the help of whale earwax, scientists can at least continue to examine the health of these majestic beasts and the oceans they inhabit.
-
Medieval Scotland had a practice similar to modern battle rap, called “flyting.â€
Today, sharp-tongued verbal jousting primarily exists in the art form known as battle rap, in which two rappers take lyrical aim at each other with intricate (and often devastating) rhymes. During these battles, no insult — artistic or otherwise — is off-limits, and that’s a sentiment that 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish poets might have shared. Medieval Scottish men of words linguistically barbed each other in a practice known as “flyting†(based on the Old English word flÄ«tan, meaning “to quarrelâ€), often as entertainment for the Scottish king and his royal court. The most famous of these “battles†that still survives, known as “The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie,†featured Scottish poets William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy entertaining the court of James IV in the early 16th century. Among its many famous attributes, it’s the first recorded moment of scatalogical humor. (One of the more family-friendly examples of its insults, translated from Middle Scots, reads: “Grovel for grace, dog-face, or I shall chase you all winter; Howl and yowl, owl.â€)
The biting lyricism of flyting wasn’t restricted to Scotland, of course. Ancient Irish professional poets, called filid, were also known for their insults, and a form of flyting can be found in Old English literature as well as the famous Norse text the Poetic Edda (in which the trickster god Loki goes on the verbal offensive against his fellow deities). Similar art forms can be found in Japan, Nigeria, parts of the Middle East, and elsewhere. Although flyting didn’t survive the Middle Ages, its influence can be seen in works ranging from Shakespeare to James Joyce. Thankfully, the birth of the rap battle in the 1980s once again provided a much-needed venue for settling serious artistic beef — and it’s been a fixture of hip-hop culture ever since.
-
Learned a lot about whales that I didn't know and a little more about the 'verbal warfare' history. :thumbup:
-
10 of the World’s Strangest Borders
https://www.interestingfacts.com/strange-border-facts/Yg64cXnUVAAGtuZh
-
7of 10
A Tiny Island Changes Hands Between France and Spain Every Six Months
has changed more than 700 times.
I thought that one was interesting, because on the one hand it seems to be just a random bit of pomp, but if it keeps the peace then it is well worth the effort. :thumbup:
-
Yes, I thought it was interesting too. :)
-
September is the most common month for birthdays in the U.S.
The most common birthday in America is September 9, and the second-most common is September 19. In fact, nine of the 10 most popular U.S. birthdays fall between September 9 and September 20 — making September the most common month for birthdays in the U.S. overall, at least based on data from 1994 to 2014. The reason for September's popularity may be fairly simple. Flipping the calendar back nine months brings us to December, when people tend to have more time off for the holidays and thus more reason to celebrate in a variety of ways. In addition to being in good company, fall babies are blessed with good fortune and/or good genes, as people born in October are far more likely to live until 100, and those born in September and November often live longer as well (although scientists still aren’t sure exactly why).
On the other end of the spectrum are the year’s biggest holidays, with December 25 being the least common birthday — in the 20 years of data compiled by data journalist Matt Stiles, there were even fewer babies born on Christmas than on February 29. Rounding out the bottom four are January 1, December 24, and July 4, respectively. One reason for this is that so many births are scheduled, either by cesarean or induced labor, and doctors generally don’t schedule births on the holidays when they may not be working. This might also shed some light on why September births are so popular, according to some — with no major holidays that month aside from Labor Day, there’s less reason for soon-to-be parents to worry about hospitals being short-staffed the way they might be on Christmas or New Year’s Day.
But...I have my own theory. :hah!: Let's see...it's very cold out, not much to do, you probably alone with someone and trying to stay warm... :banana:
-
September is the most common month for birthdays in the U.S.
But...I have my own theory. :hah!: Let's see...it's very cold out, not much to do, you probably alone with someone and trying to stay warm... :banana:
:2funny:
-
I'm SOOOOO jealous! I've always wanted to do this! >:( :wink:
7 Famous Voice Actors You May Not Recognize (But You’ve Definitely Heard)
https://www.interestingfacts.com/voice-actors-facts/YvrUN0KJ8wAItdgQ?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
However, I am very surprised that Mark Hamill is in that mix. :)
-
Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way.
e tend to think of dung beetles as lowly creatures, right down to their name. In spite of their earthbound status, however, they do something downright cosmic that no other animal we know of does: navigate using the Milky Way. While “dancing†atop their balls of dung, they orient themselves by looking up at the night sky, catching a glimpse of the bright strip of light our humble galaxy generates, and then moving relative to its position. They do this by taking what scientists call “celestial snapshots†and storing the images in their tiny little dung-beetle minds, a surprisingly fast process that allows them to hightail it away from the dung piles they scavenge. (As for daytime gathering, they move using special photoreceptors in their eyes that allow them to see a symmetrical pattern of polarized light emanating from the sun.) Doing so quickly is imperative — there’s a lot of competition for dung out there, and daddy dung beetles need to move quickly to bury the excrement, which they later feed to their babies. The insects move rapidly in straight lines away from the dung piles, which seems to minimize the likelihood of meeting other creatures of the same kind and getting into a dung-related squabble.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/630e795969efab0008c03998?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#630e765669efab0008c022a9
-
shocked003
-
7 Not-So Elementary Facts About the Origins of School Supplies
I thought this was a very interesting read. :)
https://www.interestingfacts.com/school-supply-origins/YwP0akKJ8wAItdmt
-
There are no bridges across the Amazon River.
When it comes to the Amazon River, there’s no such thing as water under the bridge. The idiom simply doesn’t apply there, as no bridges cross the Amazon River despite it being at least 4,000 miles long. This isn’t because the idea has never occurred to anyone — it would just be extremely difficult to build any. The Amazon has both a dry season and a rainy season, and during the latter its waters rise 30 feet, causing three-mile-wide crossings to grow by a factor of 10 as previously dry areas are submerged. The river bank itself is also in a near-constant state of erosion due to how soft the sediment it consists of is, and there’s no shortage of debris floating in the water.
Beyond all those logistical hurdles, there simply isn’t much use for bridges across the massive river. For one thing, there are few roads on either side of the Amazon that need to be connected. The river is, of course, in the middle of a dense rainforest, the vast majority of which is sparsely populated. Other long rivers have numerous crossings, however: The Nile has nine bridges in Cairo alone, for instance, and more than 100 bridges have been built across China’s Yangtze River in the last three decades. For now, boats and ferries are the preferred method of crossing the Amazon, and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-the-amazon-river-cant-be-crossed-by-bridge
-
Some of those school supply details I knew already, but not so much on thee bridges. Hearing about the rainy and dry seasons it makes sense that bridges would not work on the Amazon.
-
The original patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed in a fire.
For early Americans, fire was a feared necessity; it warmed homes, provided hot meals, and offered late-night reading light. But fire could also destroy entire communities, which was probably the inspiration behind the invention of the fire hydrant — though we may never really know the full story, thanks to a fire in 1836.
At the time, Americans had been eagerly filing patents for nearly five decades thanks to the Patent Act of 1790 (http://track.interestingfacts.com/?xtl=168sod9frrkfk6dze1jdn23ylbjemisnw33c8nbqhbjy3n0drfwpn5hf13wvs8bt4g8q8eakg8ovjtbnmh728b1x7ghe735vfbqgy9vvkgszbxpe6jvvd47mbxxaii64a4vne4sern40g605g2kdqsx07vdm5l9fvtgyyrzm2yndx0xsemym9w6o3us59rjnf9m6j8eobzrhb5h8dllnvwxjqr7fneao5kq0z7etb619e20rtio5qzltrcqs1yg83o53t2iqpkrtvc6qi2i2t2zoje9tf2jd5924nzlxwin09xf7oeupzon831dh9vibu478w8pu&eih=9usk6tr7eqj7wlttgxa795o4tyaqp&emc_click_data=44d1b6ac48b585f401214f3b52486925fa47db74a1dae4b25127e631b5094ca6233f4f479b5d41f90649ae338c8afe3b396acd966e4e87ea9d2f1889b1fdbd8f218b0328bcdddf20409849d0f8b743b2e905358d5a89fff0535796f136ab5013e5d416ae1a5a3187681c98dcf22637d0b342eae2252623dfebfa53a91c64f726077cfde12e4560bef1126ff22f9faf504af21b92fe654552234946b385021f1a), recommended to Congress by President George Washington himself. By the 1830s, the Patent Office housed nearly 10,000 patents (http://track.interestingfacts.com/?xtl=vfqme66l5gze64qdvnj7zb3cv6n4ntzjfay0j6zmbb0l90cy55t4f697jx3wrbow46h0fl550smo61tfgp87ezjsh5rzn39s43yoawc0n0iezajvpog0hj7alc9xl7pz0jornfkegsstvjw017b1gv6lixfa7n1edh73hxjsnhh9j3yxjy3u8ixuoz25rpz3wm406cnclnjw0aocfiznha01xq6f62udsnbyr7uw6xqqeegdnb61doj9wbt8b7kx74v7uxgjhumyctuxuvxrw8ytyxflstb4pubkvrr6hi12yu5j&eih=9usk6tr7eqj7wlttgxa795o4tyaqp&emc_click_data=44d1b6ac48b585f401214f3b52486925fa47db74a1dae4b25127e631b5094ca6233f4f479b5d41f90649ae338c8afe3b396acd966e4e87ea9d2f1889b1fdbd8f218b0328bcdddf20409849d0f8b743b2e905358d5a89fff0535796f136ab5013e5d416ae1a5a3187681c98dcf22637d0b342eae2252623dfebfa53a91c64f726077cfde12e4560bef1126ff22f9faf504af21b92fe654552234946b385021f1a) — an impressive but risky collection considering they were all original documents with no copies.
On December 15, 1836, a fire in the basement of Blodgett’s Hotel (which then housed the Patent Office, U.S. Post Office, and a branch of the local fire department) smoldered from the embers of ashes that had been stored alongside firewood in a wooden box. Firefighters stationed in the building responded to the growing blaze, but couldn’t do much with the department’s dilapidated hoses. The former hotel — and every document inside — was gone in under 20 minutes. Assigned the impossible task of reconstructing its records, the Patent Office put out a call to inventors to mail in any documentation they had of their awarded patents, but only around 2,800 patents were restored. Those that couldn’t be reproduced were voided. In the years since, some scholars have pointed to Frederick Graff Sr., an early 19th-century Philadelphia engineer, as the possible inventor of the fire hydrant. However, another innovator by the name of Birdsill Holly Jr. was awarded a patent in 1869 for his “modern†fire hydrant, which was soon adopted in cities around the U.S. and Europe. Today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office takes up five buildings in Alexandria, Virginia, and many patents are applied for and stored digitally — making them much less likely, thankfully, to be destroyed by fire.
-
Catnip actually repels mosquitos from cats.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63179495f8d2780008b1c148?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6317932072f086000875d453
-
Fire has always played an important role in human history, with evidence of fires use and misuse going back to the stone age.
A brief history of fire (https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/brief-history-fire)
Fire: A Brief History (2nd edition)
By Stephen J Pyne,
Sydney, New South, 2019. 201 pp.
“All humans manipulate fire, and only humans do, we are truly a species touched by fire,†writes Stephen J Pyne, environmental historian and author, in Fire: A Brief History.
See also
Ecosocialism 2020: From rebellion to revolution
United States: In California, we need to fight fire with fire
Support urgently needed for rebuilding after Black Summer fires
First written in 2001 and republished in 2019, Fire examines the history of fire and the way it has affected the environment and the way this has been affected by humanity’s attempts to shape and use fire.
Pyne argues that fire’s history occurred in three stages. The first was Natural fire, which didn’t need the intervention of any species. These fires occurred regularly and nature adapted to this cycle.
The second was Anthropogenic fire. Anthropogenic fire begins with the earliest human societies, when humans first discovered fire and learnt to use its power for agricultural development. From this point, Humans would use fire to shape the environment around them with varying degrees of success.
Indigenous peoples around the world used various methods of fire control as a means of land management. For example, Indigenous Australians used firestick farming as well as creating lines of fire, as well as fire and fuel breaks, where they could maintain rather than create fire-driven landscapes.
For most of history, European societies tried to use fire for agricultural purposes, but tried to control fire rather accept its use in creating a fire-driven landscape. However, until the rise of Industrial capitalism, their success in controlling fire was limited, especially in urban areas where fires were common because of the abundance of flammable materials.
This brings us to the third period known as Industrial fire which relies on the burning of fossil fuels, releasing biomass and carbon dioxide. During this period, effective fireproof materials were developed, so that fire could be more effectively contained and therefore removed fire from human view.
This coincided with both the rise of industrial capitalism and the height of European colonialism. This means that humans were alienated from the effects of fire and the dispossession of Indigenous peoples, leading to the disappearance of Indigenous fire regimes that had previously dominated their landscapes.
The effect of this was noted in Sydney in 1848 by the NSW Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell who wrote: “Kangaroos are no longer to be seen there, the grass is choked by underwood; neither are there natives to burn the grassâ€.
Without the fires, the fuels contained within them were eliminated and woody species overran the landscape.
-
Catnip actually repels mosquitos from cats.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63179495f8d2780008b1c148?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6317932072f086000875d453
That's an interesting fact that I didn't know. :thumbup:
-
I remember reading some of this years ago...about the fires. :)
-
Google Maps once listed a town that never existed.
I actually remember this. LMAO
There’s off the map, and then there’s Argleton. The English town was visible on Google Maps until 2009, which is notable for one major reason: No such place exists. So how did it get listed? Though never confirmed by Google, it’s been speculated that Argleton may have been akin to a trap street — a fictitious road used by cartographers to catch anyone copying their work. The reasoning is as simple as it is clever: If a street (or, in this case, town) that you made up ends up on another map, you’ll have caught its creator red-handed in copyright infringement.
Though little more than an empty field in West Lancashire, Argleton once had its own (presumably auto-generated) job listings and weather forecasts. Once its (non-)existence became known on the internet, humorous T-shirts with slogans such as “New York, London, Paris, Argleton†and “I visited Argleton and all I got was this T-shirt†appeared online, too. Google itself was tight-lipped on the subject, releasing a brief statement noting that “Google Maps data comes from a variety of data sources. While the vast majority of this information is correct there are occasional errors.†The good people of Argleton likely would have been highly offended by that characterization — if they actually existed.
-
laughing7
-
Lord Byron’s daughter Ada Lovelace is often considered the world’s first computer programmer.
The famous poet Lord Byron once wrote of his daughter Ada that he hoped “the gods have made her anything save poetical — it is enough to have one such fool in the family.†He got his wish. Instead, Ada Lovelace followed a path many considered impossible for a woman in the early 19th century. Encouraged by her mother, Lady Byron, Lovelace developed a passion for mathematics at a young age. In 1833, a 17-year-old Lovelace met British mathematician Charles Babbage at a party, and he told her about a calculating machine he’d created called the Difference Engine. Fascinated, Lovelace eventually began a regular correspondence with Babbage.
About a decade later, while translating a French text regarding Babbage’s proposed Analytical Engine — often considered the first mechanical computer — Lovelace added a few notes of her own. “Note G†detailed a method through which Babbage’s creation could calculate complex numbers called Bernoulli numbers. This is often considered the world’s first computer program, making Lovelace the first computer programmer. While Babbage was the brains behind the machine, Lovelace was the one who truly grasped its wider importance, foreseeing a future where engines could use the “abstract science of operations†to do things beyond mere computation — like composing complex music, for example. It took the world nearly a century to catch up to her vision.
-
It's interesting how much little known historical facts can influence our 'modern' day life's tools and technologies. :thumbup:
-
Killer whales are actually dolphins.
There are a few common misconceptions about killer whales, such as how they’re often seen as bloodthirsty creatures that hunt humans (they don’t — killer whale attacks are incredibly rare). But the biggest confusion about these black-and-white ocean dwellers is right in their name: They aren’t really whales. The Orcinus orca is actually the largest species in the Delphinidae (aka dolphin) family, weighing as much as 350 pounds at birth and growing up to 32 feet long during its 30- to 50-year life span. But in comparison to most whales — like the 100-foot blue whale, the largest animal on our planet — orcas are relatively small. Biologists also group killer whales with dolphins because of their aerodynamic body shape, which helps them reach speeds of up to 34 miles per hour, and their use of echolocation for hunting and navigation.
So why do we call them killer “whales� The name stems from sailors of old, who witnessed the massive dolphins hunting whales (and other large marine mammals) together, and originally called them “whale killers.†Over time, the name was reordered, giving orcas a reputation as fierce and dangerous predators. These oceanic dolphins are clever hunters, known for beaching themselves to feast on seals and sea birds, and for working in pods to take down larger prey like great white sharks. But they’re also extremely social marine animals that spend their lives in matriarchal groups with as many as 40 members. Killer whales are so focused on community building that pods often host “greeting ceremonies†to meet members of other groups or welcome new babies, and hold aquatic funerals to mourn podmates. And the most reputation-busting research shows they might just like belly rubs.
-
Kay and me took some of the grand-kids to Sea World in Orlando back in the 90s and saw the Killer Whale show... it was rather impressive.
-
I remember seeing a rather small show long ago and liked it. :)
But when you think about it, they do look like large dolphins...just different colors.
-
Vlad the Impaler: The real Dracula
https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html#section-who-was-the-real-dracula
-
It's strange how this one person has been the subject of so much interest throughout the centuries with many books/novels/stories about him, with many claiming to be factual history.
-
Yes, maybe we'll never know the truth because he scared the $hit out of people so much they stayed away from him. :rofl2
-
The Real Stories Behind 7 Classic Nursery Rhymes
https://www.interestingfacts.com/nursery-rhyme-origins/Yx_NA0KJ8wAItd60?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Interesting facts indeed!
Two B-Days for the Queen was a surprise, but it sounds like something that a royal family would do. :)
-
Medieval and early modern Europe saw “dance plagues†in which people danced uncontrollably for days.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6328e014234aa30009691e97?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6328df071f424a000a5a3655
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death
-
People breathe primarily out of one nostril at a time.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6333b4fa6c661b0009df00a5?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6333b2b76c661b0009dee9c3
-
erectile tissue found in the nose
Ummm, well, OK... that sounds kind of naughty to me. laughing7
-
Yes, I noticed that. LMAO That made me go back and click the "affect your sex life" link.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-sinus-problems-can-affect-your-sex-life-and-what-to-do-about-it/
Hmmm, I need more sinus treatments...
-
Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds†was partly based on a true story.
I loved his shows and movies. :thumbup:
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6333a94e76bfd0000943408a?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63339f906c661b0009de4a60
-
The man made some great movies, some of which were pretty scary!
-
Babies are born with almost 100 more bones than adults.
The human body has 206 bones — unless you’re talking about babies, in which case the number is closer to 300. Many of a newborn’s bones are actually made of cartilage, which is much more malleable and allows fetuses to curl inside the womb as they develop. As children grow, cartilage turns into bone in a process called ossification, and the excess bones fuse together. (If you’ve ever wondered how those “soft spots†on an infant’s head — technically known as fontanelles — become stronger, bone fusion is the answer.) This is also a big part of why calcium is so important for babies: New bone tissue can’t grow without it.
Ossification doesn’t happen overnight, however — it continues until a person reaches their mid-20s, which is around when humans reach their peak bone mass. In much the same way that we’re constantly shedding our skin, our bones are constantly changing as well, with old bone gradually destroyed and new bone material formed. The process is called remodeling, and it helps keep the skeletal system healthy long after we’ve settled down at 206 bones.
-
Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck bones.
Despite having the longest necks in the animal kingdom — they can reach a length of eight feet, twice as long as the neck of any other creature — giraffes have the same number of cervical vertebrae as humans: seven. The key difference is that giraffes’ vertebrae are much longer, with each of them measuring close to 10 inches in length; in humans, the entire vertebral column is around 28 inches for men and 24 inches for women. We have the same number of neck bones as our tall, spotted friends for the simple reason that we’re both mammals — sloths and manatees are the only members of this particular class that don’t have seven.
-
Interesting information. :thumbup:
-
A volcanic explosion caused a “year without a summer†in 1816 — and inspired “Frankenstein.â€
Difficult times can lead to great art. Case in point: the volcanic explosion that caused a “year without a summer†in 1816 — and inspired the novel Frankenstein. The eruption took place at Indonesia’s Mount Tambora, many thousands of miles away from author Mary Shelley’s home in England. In addition to a harrowing death toll, the April 1815 explosion ejected mass amounts of sulphur dioxide, ash, and dust into the atmosphere, blocking sunlight and plunging the global temperature several degrees lower, resulting in the coldest year in well over two centuries. In part because of the volcano, Europe and North America were subjected to unusually cold, wet conditions the following summer, including a “killing frost†in New England and heavy rainfall that may have contributed to Napoleon’s infamous defeat at Waterloo.
So what does that have to do with Shelley’s masterpiece? Then 18 and still going by her maiden name of Godwin, she and her lover/future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, traveled to Lake Geneva in April 1816, a time of extremely gloomy weather. One fateful night that July, the two were with their friend Lord Byron, the infamous poet, when he suggested, “We will each write a ghost story.†Shelley completed hers in just a few days, writing in the introduction to Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus that “a wet, ungenial summer, and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house.†Who knows: If it had been bright and sunny that week, we might never have gotten the endlessly influential 1818 book, which later spawned an assortment of movies, TV shows, plays — and of course, iconic Halloween costumes.
-
Through the years I've watched several filmed versions of her story, but never read the book that she wrote and was unaware of the story of how she came to write the story. Maybe I should read it now.
-
More about the fanged ones...
In European folklore, vampires were thought to have a compulsion to count — which inspired the Count on “Sesame Street.â€
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63460eda6da7e90008a456aa?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63460d310b8a7e000a61f6f5
-
Tenth President John Tyler has a living grandson.
More than 200 years after the 10th President of the United States was born, one of his grandsons is still alive. As impossible as that may seem, the math — and biology — checks out. John Tyler, who was born in 1790 and became President in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died in office (possibly of pneumonia), had a son named Lyon Gardiner Tyler in 1853. This son was born to the then-60-something Tyler and his second, much younger, wife, Julia Gardiner. Lyon then had two sons of his own in his 70s (also with a much younger second wife), one of whom — Harrison Ruffin Tyler, born in 1928 — is still gracing the Earth in his early nineties.
It may make this feat slightly less surprising to know that Tyler had 15 children, more than any other POTUS in U.S. history. Tyler’s actual presidency is less remarkable than this biographical oddity, alas — he was referred to as “His Accidency†upon assuming office and wasn’t re-nominated in the following election. (He was also an enslaver whose profitable plantation ran on the labor of 40–50 enslaved people.) Though his grandsons haven’t had major political aspirations, you might say it was in Tyler’s blood to seek office: His father, John Tyler Sr., was roommates with Thomas Jefferson at the College of William and Mary and later served as the 15th Governor of Virginia.
-
That is an interesting tidbit from our history.
-
Everyone has a unique tongue print.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/634f37291b727700085866b9?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#634f31d9a85a130008c25587
-
I did not know that! Good stuff. :thumbup:
Here's an interesting bit of info about tongue's, namely my tongue.
A little over a month ago a CT scan showed that my cancer was spreading a little, so my Oncologist put me on a new drug and one of the side effects is mouth sores, so for a minute my tongue looked like raw steak! With a strong/powerful mouth wash med + a Lidocaine rinse it's getting better, so that's good.
BTW... in case I didn't mention this elsewhere, this new med retails for 50k per month and is actual full blown chemo.
-
Wow! A lot of people don't realize that when they brush their teeth they should also brush their tongue.
But with people getting their tongues split, tattooed, pierced, etc. I'd think that could alter their print???
-
But with people getting their tongues split, tattooed, pierced, etc. I'd think that could alter their print???
It would seem logical that doing any of those things would change the print, like getting a cut on a fingertip that caused a small scar would change that one fingers print.
-
Bat species make up 21% of all mammals.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/634f3ce41b72770008589822?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#634f3b6f1b72770008588ae3
-
The bat family boasts amazing diversity. The tiny bumblebee bat (only about an inch big)
Never knew about this one.
-
I've never seen a bat this color:
(https://www.ourfamilyforum.org/FamilyForum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bedsbatgroup.org.uk%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FDSCF7887.jpg&hash=19d1f3bf94832468669c7ff47fdda19ea0fc391c)
-
Before carving pumpkins for Halloween, people used to carve turnips.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/634f3e536da7e90008def88c?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#634f3d521b72770008589b69
-
What? I never knew that one! laughing7
-
Here's a funny one! :hah!:
The Nintendo character Yoshi’s full name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/635707bf747e93000ab946ca?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6357056a73bc230008052a4d
-
Some asteroids have moons.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6357285873bc230008065de7?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63570c23c246300009bd99c3
-
Yepps! me knew that one. laughing7
Shape of Huge Asteroid with 2 Moons Revealed By SETI, Amateur Astronomers (https://www.space.com/23103-triple-asteroid-shape-amateur-astronomers.html)
BTW... I ran the SETI program on my PC's for several years.
-
I remember the SETI program. :)
-
There’s a beach in the Maldives that glows in the dark.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/616a3e33bf8b900007ae0bd3?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#616a3d41bf8b900007ae0bcd
-
Rats giggle when tickled.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63619a286478eb00081bdbb1?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#636197557fdd76000874fae9
-
... found this video. laughing7
See What Happens When You Tickle a Rat | National Geographic
-
There are about 60 polydactyl cats living at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Florida.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6361aadd2e8167000888688e?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6361a9212e81670008885443
-
The world only exists in your eyes... You can make it as big or as small as you want.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
https://www.inspiringquotes.com/inspiration/636063658fe20e00089a9efa?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Interesting quote... takes a minute to process. :thumbup:
-
Um, that should've been in the "Daily Inspirations" board. LMAO
Lamborghini began by making tractors.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/636bf5c169cfbc0008f3ba50?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#636bf45d69cfbc0008f3b2c2
-
Yeah, he got pissed off at Enzo Ferrari, so he made his own sports car. laughing7
-
5 Famous Events in History That Never Really Happened
https://www.interestingfacts.com/events-history-never-happened/YVJO_w55YwAH_Lr5
-
Carrots weren’t originally orange.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61935241e62b9f000897ddbd?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6193505be62b9f000897dd82
-
Interesting history.
-
I've seen purple carrots but have never tried them yet.
-
8 Dazzling Facts About the Sun
https://www.interestingfacts.com/sun-facts/YsyqoqYHnQAHPRwi?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
This photo is kind of wild!
-
Yes it is!
-
When Thanksgiving was postponed
A Connecticut town once postponed Thanksgiving because there wasn’t enough molasses for pumpkin pie.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6372fef33427ed00089c0d88?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6372fd5f9c4d7b0008b3fa64
-
That is, indeed, an interesting fact. :thumbup:
-
Queen Elizabeth had a longtime body double.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61ef5cb2781f4d000883e68f?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61ef5adb665c41000a5987c4
-
I did not know that! :o
-
7 Mind-Bending Examples of the Mandela Effect
https://www.interestingfacts.com/mandela-effect-examples/Ypar-luKogAHE3qy
-
Pistachios can spontaneously combust.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63730417bf46330009fc0799?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6373026d601d0f0009fdd376
-
Wow! Never knew that about pistachios, love to eat them btw.
-
Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6137ea557a91ad00076ded5b?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6137e9057a91ad00076ded52
-
Crocodiles can’t stick out their tongues.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6386d0404f6dac00098628c5?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6386a60e2d6cc500085b860c
-
Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6137ea557a91ad00076ded5b?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6137e9057a91ad00076ded52
Interesting facts that I didn't know about her.
I had some education and awareness of radioactivity from my work for the DOD back in my younger days and now that I'm on these Chemo drugs my education has become much more enlightened. For example, we have one bathroom set aside for guests only and I don't even enter that room for fear that my radioactive waste might cause issues for any children or young women of child bearing age if they were to come in contact with my piss or poop.
According to Wikipedia she died at 66 years old from aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation.
BTW... my Chemo drugs are shipped to me in a Bio-Hazard package! shocked003
-
Do you glow in the dark?
-
There's a secret room behind Mount Rushmore.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/613fb596b12fae0008dfee1d?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#613fad9eb12fae0008dfedf5
Dimes have 118 ridges around their edges.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6386d2b1bd1439000808d979?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6386d14bbd1439000808cdb1
-
Do you glow in the dark?
Umm... actually, I don't know, I'll have to ask Kay. :hah!:
-
LMAO!
-
Humans may have evolved fingers and toes that wrinkle in water to help them grip wet objects.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6386e05eff7b5e0008473e33?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6386deef94792300081d1967
-
The westernmost and easternmost points of U.S. territory both share the same name.
https://www.inspiringquotes.com/inspiration/6384daf79ebb4e00083b8f47?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
The westernmost and easternmost points of U.S. territory both share the same name.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6386d4febd1439000808ec88?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6386d313ff7b5e000846c471
-
6 Intriguing Facts About Déjà Vu
https://www.interestingfacts.com/deja-vu-facts/Y4Vnf9QzDwAI3GFj?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
A town in Maine built a 122-foot-tall snowperson.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/639034adf8a896000949850f?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6390333f64a16d0008202177
-
Spider silk is stronger than steel.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6132b11b7a91ad00076ddefb?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#6132865d7a91ad00076dde95
-
8 Dazzling Facts About the Sun
https://www.interestingfacts.com/sun-facts/YsyqoqYHnQAHPRwi?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Tom Thumb’s Wedding Cake…Still at the Library, 159 Years Later
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/08/tom-thumbs-wedding-cake-still-at-the-library-of-congress-159-years-later/
-
Bananas are slightly radioactive.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/639a08af11d6f10008da194e?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#639a068511d6f10008da06bd
-
6 Female Rulers Who Deserve More Recognition
https://www.interestingfacts.com/female-rulers/YszGCaYHnQAHPRxj
-
Reindeer eyes change color — they’re golden in summer and blue in winter.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/619c29bb7d72ac0007f9472f?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#619c2594dca673000768a44c
-
Bananas are slightly radioactive.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/639a08af11d6f10008da194e?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#639a068511d6f10008da06bd
shocked003
-
The first ball drops were designed for ship captains, not New Year’s Eve.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63a119a21f1e8300082f0b02?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63a1185597ba7c00084753ee
-
Ravens can remember human faces.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/613fa816b12fae0008dfede2?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#613fa657b12fae0008dfedd8
-
The first ball drops were designed for ship captains, not New Year’s Eve.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63a119a21f1e8300082f0b02?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63a1185597ba7c00084753ee
That's a really interesting story, and I watched the entire video! :hah!:
-
There is a 9-inch aluminum pyramid atop the Washington Monument.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63a115e71f1e8300082ef062?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63a1138073757d0009d2b888
-
8 Presidential Myths, Debunked
https://www.interestingfacts.com/presidential-myths-debunked/YpbAxVuKogAHE3re
-
5 Surprising Facts About Florida’s Everglades
https://www.interestingfacts.com/everglades-facts/Y5fpTNQzDwAI3GfP
-
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63a11bb5d9bd1400096cb47c?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63a119fb73757d0009d2ea6d
-
7 Little-Known Historical Figures Who Made a Big Impact
https://www.interestingfacts.com/underappreciated-historical-figures/YUOTkw55YwAH_LW4
-
The Earth’s shape is constantly changing.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/616a364cbf8b900007ae0ba9?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#616a34cebf8b900007ae0ba0
I've heard, long ago, that the Earth was alive and I believe that. As well as people keep doing things to it....
-
Humans are the only known animal that cries from emotion.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63b59ddbf17dee0008a49009?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63b59bcb1412b00009a4368a
-
5 Fascinating Facts (And Myths) About Sleep
https://www.interestingfacts.com/sleep-facts/Y6DfqNQzDwAI3Gpn?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
Sand dunes can “sing.â€
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63b4bb207f6f6900087c904d?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63b4a6e7090c820009ff11b2
-
In 1900, about a third of vehicles were electric.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63b59b4b16bf0e000840ba11?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63b592a43073e400092d344a
-
A misheard song lyric is called a “mondegreen.â€
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/616a399cbf8b900007ae0bba?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#616a3877bf8b900007ae0bac
-
Flamingos can sleep standing on one leg.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63b4c8657f6f6900087cfe8b?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63b4c78f7f6f6900087cf86e
-
I've seen that but never given it much thought. ..........So they just lock the joint and conserve energy. :)
-
About 5 years or so ago it was so warm up here in Pennsylvania that a flock of flamingos flew up here! It was a Saturday and back then I loved going to the hiking trail close to here early in the morning to take pics of wildlife. But I was tired and decided to go another time.
As it happened, they were there hat day! I was soooooo pissed! LMAO I could've got some excellent shots!
-
6 Facts About Amazing Rivers
https://www.interestingfacts.com/river-facts/Y6EOqdQzDwAI3Gqw?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Four U.S. Presidents never had a Vice President.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61d359c3134cf900086b07fb?selected=0&liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61d358a4e641ee000749558a
-
The first Gmail was associated with Garfield the cat.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63bdfe9ba1573900085690c9?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63bdfdb8a86ade000807d6ad
-
Sunsets on Mars are blue.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63bdffec888ff40008f62d1e?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63bdfef4748a2a00087e05e4
-
6 Lesser-Known Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy B-day, Brother Martin! R.I.P.! :thumbup:
https://www.interestingfacts.com/martin-luther-king-facts/Y6ZfHNQzDwAI3GvB
-
The whistle register is the highest vocal register a human can reach.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61ef6084665c41000a598a2e?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61ef5e6c781f4d000883e761
-
Less time separates humans from Tyrannosaurus rex than separated T. rex from stegosaurus.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63be0171f3f9ee0008801ec8?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63be006ca15739000856a08b
5 of Your Top Food Questions, Answered
https://www.interestingfacts.com/food-questions-answered/Ydj3Sk7cAQAHtncN?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Gray is the world’s rarest eye color.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63be200a4935e50008577ddd?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63be183d699cfb0008501956
-
Nine out of 10 shells open to the right.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63be170a699cfb0008500f6d?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63be163fd30bed00085e32ca
Octopuses once had shells.
The ancestors of octopuses, squid, and other cephalopods once had hard shells. Scientists believe the creatures shed their shells about 160 million to 100 million years ago in an evolutionary change that helped them swim faster, making it easier to catch prey and evade predators.
-
6 Fun Facts About Eyes
https://www.interestingfacts.com/eye-facts/Y7zLQutZiAAJNNnk?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
Ketchup was once sold as medicine.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63c72a15198a9f00084b3acc?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63c72913672d88000832a7c2
-
10 Amazing Facts About the Moon
https://www.interestingfacts.com/moon-facts/YnBu6lm3LQAHz-mm?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when their cats died.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63c72f34ac3e02000862cdbf?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63c72dfb9809a90008644797
-
NOT shaving my eyebrows :laugh:
-
Bulls can't actually see the color red.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61d386b9134cf900086b16c9?selected=1&liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61d385a5e641ee00074964b1
-
A Brief History of Board Games
https://www.interestingfacts.com/board-games-history/Yw1qSEKJ8wAItdwO?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
The human circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63c728c3d48b52000801f7e5?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63c727cf8152f50008adb2bd
-
7 Mind-Blowing Facts About Australia
https://www.interestingfacts.com/australia-facts/Y7zJdutZiAAJNNnV?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Caffeine is a natural pesticide.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f85991e504fe0008c65d13?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61f857fb025e2c0009c02b65
The History of 7 Oddly Named Foods
https://www.interestingfacts.com/oddly-named-foods-history/Yp6eG1uKogAHE3um?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
Rats bop their heads in time to music.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63d03de1dfd11e0008b01594?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63d03a26e4b6020008f47c96
7 Interesting Facts About Ancient Pyramids
https://www.interestingfacts.com/pyramids-facts/YowCvFuKogAHE3m0?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
5 Things You Might Not Know About the Panama Canal
https://www.interestingfacts.com/panama-canal-facts/YszLoqYHnQAHPRx5?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
6 Amazing Facts About Cleopatra, the Last Pharaoh of Egypt
https://www.interestingfacts.com/cleopatra-facts/Y8Y_mOtZiAAJNNwi
-
7 Buzzing Facts About Bees
https://www.interestingfacts.com/bees-facts/YtXt6qYHnQAHPR8l?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
The average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63d974619491870008fe9cd6?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63d96efc11a9bd000a4a11e2
-
6 Senses You Might Not Know You Had
https://www.interestingfacts.com/six-senses-we-didnt-know-we-had/Y88bpetZiAAJNN7Q?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
-
The iconic tumbleweed of the West is not native to North America.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63d97b3a5694de000877111a?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63d97a4f47a7ba0008bf3802
-
The ancient Romans thought eating butter was barbaric.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f85524e504fe0008c65bd3?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61f852ad025e2c0009c029e9
-
Fungi are genetically closer to humans than plants.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63e2be89382d5d0008c1f128?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#63e2bc937ba10e0008a3c576
-
7 Amazing Facts About Insects
https://www.interestingfacts.com/insect-facts/Y2mvn5X_kAAHBfCG?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07
Picasso was once suspected of stealing the “Mona Lisa.â€
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61d37aa1e641ee00074960b8?liu=bfb99dadf51e2d85f3443cda78c57e07#61d3793ee641ee0007496050
-
Honey never expires.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/63ffe8833ad851000877477a
-
I knew that, 'cause me luvs honey! laughing7
-
I love pb and honey sandwiches ever since I was a kid. LOL
Mummies can still have fingerprints.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6407d7b9e8a9cc00083da781
5 Fascinating Facts About the Color Green
https://www.interestingfacts.com/green-facts/Y_V9ykDItwAIzNVq
-
A day in the Age of Dinosaurs was around 23 hours long
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64109ffbc823420008b623ae
-
Green bell peppers are just unripe red bell peppers.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61ef4f7c665c41000a5983e1
-
Kay sez, "I knew that already." laughing7
-
People breathe roughly 20,000 times every day.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/641a4f81bf7cc8000af2050f
-
6 Bizarre Facts About Everyday Household Objects
https://www.interestingfacts.com/household-object-facts/ZBC_9lL2HgAHJsAD
-
Forks Were Considered the Devil’s Handiwork
Human kind, very often we are total dumb asses! :o
-
Some people have a genetic condition that allows them to see nearly 100 million colors.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f873e9e504fe0008c6641d
-
5 Fascinating Facts (And Myths) About Sleep
https://www.interestingfacts.com/sleep-facts/Y6DfqNQzDwAI3Gpn
-
6 Historical and Hysterical April Fools’ Day Pranks
https://www.interestingfacts.com/april-fools-day-pranks-history/ZBDBRVL2HgAHJsAX
-
Tomatoes have more genes than humans.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61d357eee641ee0007495548
-
The longest case of hiccups was 68 years.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64222c4519145f0008c551ba
-
7 Spine-Tingling Facts About Bones
https://www.interestingfacts.com/bones-facts/ZBkQnVL2HgAHJsJ-
-
6 Amazing Facts About Rain
https://www.interestingfacts.com/rain-facts/ZBkHR1L2HgAHJsJZ
-
6 Fin-Tastic Dolphin Facts
https://www.interestingfacts.com/dolphin-facts/Y7zOPOtZiAAJNNoY
-
6 Floppy Facts About Bunnies - Aren't they cute! LOL
https://www.interestingfacts.com/bunnies-facts/ZBkYHFL2HgAHJsK8
-
Oceans have lakes and rivers. - I've heard about this long ago.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/642cb8ff4cdae500095aca59
-
Ketchup was originally made out of fish. - I've heard of this one, too.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6169fb81bf8b900007ae0b06
-
Oceans have lakes and rivers. - I've heard about this long ago.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/642cb8ff4cdae500095aca59
This part of the two great oceans has always been intriguing too me.
-
Yup! :)
-
Parachutes were invented before airplanes.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/642cc1084cdae500095b0dad
-
There's a jellyfish that’s considered biologically immortal.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6436bc2f15594e000838766d
-
6 Stories Behind Everyday Symbols
https://www.interestingfacts.com/symbol-meanings/Y9hhPUDItwAIzM1K
-
Chocolate chips were invented after chocolate chip cookies.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/617b5de29393290007359974
-
Redheaded people may require more anesthesia.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/643ff9244a808c000943c0b2
-
6 Facts About Body Language
https://www.interestingfacts.com/body-language-facts/Y-b9NkDItwAIzNHi
-
I remember reading about this some years ago...
May 1 used to be moving day for everyone in New York City.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6447dc3b4d2fee000ad964a0
-
12 Facts You Might Not Know About the Great Lakes
https://www.interestingfacts.com/great-lakes-facts/Y-G3vkDItwAIzM_o
-
6 Fascinating Facts About the Telephone
https://www.interestingfacts.com/telephone-facts/Y-rxekDItwAIzNKP
-
Your sense of smell is strongest in the evening.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64487c46457a97000911ac53
-
The 6 Most Perplexing Mysteries in History
https://www.interestingfacts.com/historical-mysteries/Y6ISONQzDwAI3GsI
-
The smallest flower in the world is the size of a candy sprinkle.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6447f9ebb68fa1000834090e
-
Around 12% of people dream in black and white.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/613d6501558915000775c9ae
-
Time moves faster at higher altitudes.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64483c23e288640009916fbf
-
6 Interesting Facts About Ears
https://www.interestingfacts.com/ear-facts/Y-b_NUDItwAIzNH0
-
Time moves faster at higher altitudes.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64483c23e288640009916fbf
Good one. :thumbup:
I did not know that.
-
The Length of Earth’s Days Has Been Mysteriously Increasing, and Scientists Don’t Know Why (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-length-of-earth-s-days-has-been-mysteriously-increasing-and-scientists-don-t-know-why?utm_source=pocket-newtab)
Atomic clocks, combined with precise astronomical measurements, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why.
This has critical impacts not just on our timekeeping, but also things like GPS and other technologies that govern our modern life.
Over the past few decades, Earth’s rotation around its axis – which determines how long a day is – has been speeding up. This trend has been making our days shorter; in fact, in June 2022 we set a record for the shortest day over the past half a century or so.
But despite this record, since 2020 that steady speedup has curiously switched to a slowdown – days are getting longer again, and the reason is so far a mystery.
-
Yeah, I've read something about this awhile back and not surprised.
Some believe (as I do) the earth is a living being and is why it keeps changing and evolving...which would make a lot of sense. But scientists can't explain why yet. IMO, they may never will... If you think about it, a lot of living things live off of other things. So why shouldn't the earth (or other planets) be the same way?
-
Yeah, I've read something about this awhile back and not surprised.
Some believe (as I do) the earth is a living being and is why it keeps changing and evolving...which would make a lot of sense. But scientists can't explain why yet. IMO, they may never will... If you think about it, a lot of living things live off of other things. So why shouldn't the earth (or other planets) be the same way?
I've long thought the 'Mother Nature' would eventually get tired of we humans raping and pillaging her surface as well as trying to ruin her oceans and sky's that she just simply kill us off. Of course if you believe in the Bible, as I do, we probably won't have to wait that long. laughing7
-
Yuppers!
-
I remember reading this some years ago...
A Belgian citizen put his country up for sale on eBay in 2007.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61d35bbe134cf900086b088d
-
6 Amazing Facts About Purple
https://www.interestingfacts.com/purple-facts/ZEcnsDgK3gAHvMmd
Oysters can change sex multiple times during their lives. *I'm not sure if I want to eat a bisexual oyster... LOL
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6450888f37ccfd0009bbaa18
-
The longest nonstop animal flight was 11 days.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/645bd07b757e64dc8d621026
Silly Putty was developed during World War II as a potential rubber substitute.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f8603de504fe0008c65ef5
-
The special word for the smell of rain:
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61ef51d6781f4d000883e2c3
-
... this is to me, a very interesting read. I read the whole article and found it to be very well written and taught me a lot that I did not know.
8 Billion People: How Different the World Would Look if Neanderthals Had Prevailed (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/8-billion-people-how-different-the-world-would-look-if-neanderthals-had-prevailed?utm_source=pocket-newtab)
Neanderthal reproduction in Trento Museum of Natural History. Luca Lorenzelli/Shutterstock
In evolutionary terms, the human population has rocketed in seconds. The news that it has now reached 8 billion seems inexplicable when you think about our history.
For 99% of the last million years of our existence, people rarely came across other humans. There were only around 10,000 Neanderthals living at any one time. Today, there are around 800,000 people in the same space that was occupied by one Neanderthal. What’s more, since humans live in social groups, the next nearest Neanderthal group was probably well over 100km away. Finding a mate outside your own family was a challenge.
Neanderthals were more inclined to stay in their family groups and were warier of new people. If they had outcompeted our own species (Homo sapiens), the density of population would likely be far lower. It’s hard to imagine them building cities, for example, given that they were genetically disposed to being less friendly to those beyond their immediate family.
-
I'll have to read it when I get some time. Been really busy with CZ theme now that I have a team. :cool:
I haven't read it yet but the world must've been very harsh back then. Probably almost everything was about survival. Gathering enough food to eat as well as trying not to be eaten. LOL I wouldn't want to live back then.
-
Modern humans have been on Earth less than 0.01% of the planet’s existence.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f8425be504fe0008c656dd
-
The oldest known musical instrument may be a Neanderthal flute.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/645bcabf189c9c21ac629476
-
The human skull never fully stops growing.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/645c105720c826421cf438a0
-
6 Celebrities Who Doubled as Inventors
https://www.interestingfacts.com/celebrities-inventors/ZA--nFL2HgAHJr-o
-
Architecture was once an Olympic event.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6462e6a38c454f36211e9239
-
6 of the Longest-Lived Species on Earth
https://www.interestingfacts.com/longest-lived-species/ZFBg6jgK3gAHvM6w
-
New York City tap water contains microscopic crustaceans.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6462e9aa54008ab009e3f009
-
7 of History’s Strangest Coincidences
https://www.interestingfacts.com/strangest-coincidences-history/YfRM33nUVAAGtuQa
-
Earth is the only place in the solar system where fire occurs.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/645bc3e94e342d262488ba0b
-
Canned food was invented before the can opener.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f87153025e2c0009c03228
-
All blue-eyed people likely descended from a single ancestor.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6462f1c85d519b706fc1eb94
-
Bowling used to be banned in England, except for on Christmas.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/613faa1cb12fae0008dfedec
-
6 Facts About the Kitchen That Might Surprise You
https://www.interestingfacts.com/kitchen-facts/ZFmSCN0vtAAIdfMa
-
Smell is the sense most linked to memory.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64641863598c82cea26ce40f
-
It can take 50 years for a saguaro cactus to grow one arm.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/646c3b0e39a4f33407dc7528
-
Libraries predate books.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/646e29c7b69d1ac38194a38d
-
Captain Morgan was a real person.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/646e28013dae581abc0a13fd
-
One of the first computer bugs was an actual bug.
Yes, I've heard of this years ago. LOL
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61934f93e62b9f000897dd6c
-
8 Facts That Will Make You Laugh
https://www.interestingfacts.com/facts-to-make-you-laugh/ZGLzx90vtAAIdfYO
-
The Loch Ness monster has a scientific name.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6476bf91c4b2cc7a7cce8713
-
7 Mind-Blowing Facts About Gemstones
https://www.interestingfacts.com/gemstone-facts/Yl73GVm3LQAHz-dy
-
6 Historical Facts That Will Challenge Your Sense of Time
https://www.interestingfacts.com/facts-history-challenge-time/ZCIRIFL2HgAHJsWA
-
The Great Wall of China was built with porridge in the mortar.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6476c9be17c1973cd5d5d9c3
-
6 Beautiful Facts About Our Skin
https://www.interestingfacts.com/skin-facts/ZGwRSd0vtAAIdfgc
-
6 Mind-Blowing Facts About Albert Einstein
https://www.interestingfacts.com/einstein-facts/ZGwT7d0vtAAIdfhP
-
I remember reading something about this years ago!
The Celsius scale was originally backward.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/647e945f8a1923af61daf92c
-
I know twins all too well. LOL My brothers are identical twins. I have friends who are twins, some fraternal and some identical. I have a great aunt who had 23 kids and most of them were twins or triplets!!! :o
5 Fascinating Facts About Twins
https://www.interestingfacts.com/twin-facts/ZGweUt0vtAAIdfiN
-
Tonic water can glow in the dark.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/647e9b0b253ab87ece607f80
-
6 Amazing Facts About Growing Old
https://www.interestingfacts.com/growing-older-facts/ZGwYTt0vtAAIdfh-
-
I know twins all too well. LOL My brothers are identical twins. I have friends who are twins, some fraternal and some identical. I have a great aunt who had 23 kids and most of them were twins or triplets!!! :o
5 Fascinating Facts About Twins
https://www.interestingfacts.com/twin-facts/ZGweUt0vtAAIdfiN
WOW! laughing7
-
Taste buds are replaced every two weeks.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/647e9db9ada76dd61a0eb772
-
Venus spins backward.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f86aad025e2c0009c030b7
-
Roses used to be a traditional flower to give dads on Father’s Day. I remember when people were fighting for Father's Day. :)
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/647ea0658e618363e64638c7
-
There are no muscles in human fingers.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/648926ea20175ad31c71a92e
-
Interesting facts that I didn't know. :thumbup:
Here's an interesting (too me) fact about my hand and finger strength from my younger years. As a young boy, starting at about 7-8 years old, I was tasked with helping with milking our five cows each morning and this was done by hand because we didn't have the milking machines that larger commercial farms used.
So, the interesting trivia tidbit about my hands during those young years? By the age of about 13-14 years old I could crush a fully grown ripe apple with one hand.
These days I'm not able to do that of course, maybe a grape though. laughing7
-
Walt Disney’s cartoons were originally called “Laugh-O-Grams.”
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/62158478d64d450007a21f99
-
9 Brand Logos With Hidden Messages
https://www.interestingfacts.com/hidden-brand-logos/ZH6QTN0vtAAIdfv-
-
The Story Behind 9 of the Most Common Surnames in the World
https://www.interestingfacts.com/surname-history/Y1hNuZX_kAAHBe1b
-
Beer makes humans more attractive to mosquitoes.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64931cbdcd31862377332773
-
The world’s oldest mummies are in Chile.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f87817025e2c0009c033f3
-
Why We Knock on Wood, and the Origins of 7 Other Superstitions
https://www.interestingfacts.com/superstition-origins/YrobgqYHnQAHPRgI
-
7 Amazing Facts About Animal Feats
https://www.interestingfacts.com/animal-feats/ZEcqizgK3gAHvMnJ
-
The TV face of the Marlboro Man never smoked.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/649b1663040b8a6d86a5af09
-
6 Interesting Facts About Redheads
https://www.interestingfacts.com/redheads-facts/ZIum9ic2ZwAH8mny
-
The Appalachian Mountains are older than the Atlantic Ocean.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/649b1322cfe3d57499736fb4
-
Humans are the only animals with true chins.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64a38a441b3146515610c2d5
-
Chopsticks in Asia are about 2,000 years older than the fork in Europe.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6194617e36b8ac0008352cf8
-
Earth days are getting longer, and scientists aren't sure why.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64aeb63076a71e45c0a04ee5
-
Our rotation is slowing down. shocked003
-
It probably has already happened millions of years ago and just coming back gain. ;)
-
You can hear cauliflower growing.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64aec83d0fbe9271f48d7492
-
You can hear cauliflower growing.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64aec83d0fbe9271f48d7492
Whoa! That's a new one on me. :cool:
-
A dog was once nominated for an Oscar.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64aec6963dfb55ecbb77a4c0
-
7 Body Parts That Are More or Less Useless
https://www.interestingfacts.com/useless-body-parts/ZKXiBic2ZwAH8m9N
-
In some cases (some people) the brain may be considered as being useless. laughing7
... one good example, MTG!
-
I thought you would've said Trump. LMAO
-
The Brothers Grimm didn't create their own fairy tales.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f86661e504fe0008c660e5
-
I thought you would've said Trump. LMAO
Her too! :hah!:
-
Humans get a new skeleton about every 10 years.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64aeb7ed7c911244917508d3
-
Two popes have been named honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61a69babdca673000773201a
-
... I thought that the interaction between Pope Francis and the Globetrotters was really nice.
The Harlem Globetrotters teach Pope Francis how to spin a basketball on his fingers
-
Without landmarks, humans can’t walk in a straight line.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64b5ea905ecd5f396985d70a
-
She has a very pretty smile! :)
Many of the earliest flight attendants were nurses.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64b5e4135ecd5f1125858000
-
The moon has glass beads that may contain billions of tons of water.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64c066b591198d09da54ba2d
-
Bagpipes were invented in the Middle East, not Scotland.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64c05dea52116c207649547f
-
8 Strange State Laws That Are Still on the Books
https://www.interestingfacts.com/strange-state-laws/YUOQQw55YwAH_LWA
-
Volvo gave away its seat belt patent to save lives.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64c9a05c0cc904221f525b6d
-
One family has served in Congress continuously since 1933.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64c9944ef5bed6e8d490140d
-
I knew that one. laughing7
-
Devil's advocate was once an actual position in the Catholic Church.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/62157c62d64d450007a2189a
-
Mountain goats aren't actually goats.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64c986b62dba68e55c852c4c
-
Mango skin contains the same irritant as poison ivy.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64d1aca1dc68030f4a39f87e
-
6 Mighty Facts (and Myths) About Pirates
https://www.interestingfacts.com/pirate-facts/ZMlv1A6hCgAH9Ku0
-
"Green Eggs and Ham" was written on a bet.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64d1aa26558ce0f3fd644dc9
-
The earliest vacuum cleaners were horse-drawn.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64d1a393ed0c461e1399f62c
-
Sharks have been on Earth longer than trees.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64dce94fb6876d066e9e7601
-
I thought this was cute. LOL
The red trolley on “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood” traveled 5,000 miles annually.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/620c5c66c0eb7b0008c466c4
-
That's interesting. :thumbup:
L.A.'s Red Car (https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/where-to-find-remnants-of-l-a-s-red-car-system)
Where to Find Remnants of L.A.'s Red Car System
Your post reminded me of the L.A. 'Red Car' that I would use to travel between the Port of Long Beach Navy Yard and Willowbrook during the late 1950s for visits with my first wife. Those cars were inexpensive to use and very handy, so it was a long time before I bought a car.
-
Yeah, when I was growing up in Philly we used to ride the trolleys and subways. ;)
-
6 Under-rat-ed Facts About Rats
https://www.interestingfacts.com/rat-facts/Y22lGJX_kAAHBfEB
-
Octopuses don’t have tentacles; they have arms.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64dce2b06c06857c75acd599
-
Octopuses don’t have tentacles; they have arms.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64dce2b06c06857c75acd599
I knew that one! laughing7
-
Smarty pants. LOL
-
Women and men may have different hand odors.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64e52841262b8b61f57d0e3e
-
7 Interesting Facts About Ancient Pyramids
https://www.interestingfacts.com/pyramids-facts/YowCvFuKogAHE3m0
-
The oceans are becoming greener.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64ed0f462f7887364e4a45d7
-
Although I clicked 'Like' on your post, it's actually a sad fact that we humans are doing this to the planet. Soon enough Mother Nature will get fed up with our destructive behavior and simply exterminate our asses.
-
Yup!
-
The creator of Comic Sans only used the font once.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64ed038d07ee0c16df742c57
-
Ummm... guess this means that I'm out of touch because I actually like Comic Sans and have used it a little through the years. laughing7
-
Me too. LOL
-
6 Amazing Facts About DNA
https://www.interestingfacts.com/dna-facts/ZLcmEA6hCgAH9KgW
-
This was from my town :)
DNA forensics was first reported in 1984 by Dr. Alec Jefferys at the University of Leicester when he realized that DNA contained sequences that continued to repeat next to each other. He also figured out that these sequences that were repeated were different for each individual. After this discovery Dr. Jefferys had paved the way for the development of identity tests. Later on in 1987 genetic fingerprinting was made available when Imperial Chemical Industries, a chemical company in England, started a center that tests blood.
Source (https://easydna.co.uk/knowledge-base/history-of-forensic-dna-analysis/#:~:text=DNA%20forensics%20was%20first%20reported,After%20this%20discovery%20Dr.)
-
Information from your central nervous system travels at up to 268 mph.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64ed1b38b71c200eda23f3c4
-
Why Don’t Women’s Clothes Have Pockets?
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fashion-questions/ZOU0ul_snwAHgLtv
-
The Origin Stories Behind 8 Popular Idioms
https://www.interestingfacts.com/idioms-origins/YypZKkKJ8wAIteDE
-
7 Features You Didn’t Know Your Car Had
https://www.interestingfacts.com/hidden-car-features/ZOjk3F_snwAHgLz_
-
Humans actually glow.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6215745bd64d450007a21041
-
7 Features You Didn’t Know Your Car Had
https://www.interestingfacts.com/hidden-car-features/ZOjk3F_snwAHgLz_
Surprisingly I already knew all those tips. :)
-
Ferdinand Magellan wasn’t the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/ferdinand-magellan-wasnt-the-first-person-to-circumnavigate-the-globe/
-
A lot of these world travelers were lost to the mists of history and all of their stories are so very interesting.
-
People breathe primarily out of one nostril at a time.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6333b4fa6c661b0009df00a5
-
There are vents on the seafloor hot enough to melt lead.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64f7b37fe699caf4d76b1f5a
-
Scorpion venom is among the most expensive liquids on the market. - Very interesting!!! :D
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64f7b0cfe699ca1fa86b100d
-
About 117 billion people have ever lived.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/62717f40f2fd0300071eb8cb
-
Scorpion venom is among the most expensive liquids on the market. - Very interesting!!! :D
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64f7b0cfe699ca1fa86b100d
So, it sounds like we should have been scorpion farmers all this time? laughing7
-
Seems so! LOL
The concept of toasting comes from putting a piece of toast in one’s drink.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64ffc2e5ed3f62245a7532e8
-
Dolphins and whales can only taste salt.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/64ffb08a04f2997205af5ea4
-
A Brief History of Haunted Houses
https://www.interestingfacts.com/haunted-house-history/ZQD7pkvDtQAHlZAD
-
The human brain runs on less power than a 60-watt lightbulb.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/62425bffc4a14e0007c1bbc6
-
6 Famous Foods Invented by Accident
https://www.interestingfacts.com/famous-foods-invented-by-accident/Y5fT09QzDwAI3Geb
-
6 Major Philosophical Ideas, Explained
https://www.interestingfacts.com/philosophical-ideas-explained/Ye832nnUVAAGtuOM
-
October was originally the eighth month.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/650b0bdb6cca504cb71d1463
-
October was originally the eighth month.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/650b0bdb6cca504cb71d1463
Interesting.
If I ever knew this historical information about our calendar I had forgotten about it... so, this is news to me. laughing7
-
4 Quick Questions About Quicksand, Answered
https://www.interestingfacts.com/quicksand-questions/ZRIrcUvDtQAHlZRQ
-
Honey made from rhododendrons can be hallucinogenic.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/651d8e926042f844c55baa8b
-
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Plants
https://www.interestingfacts.com/dangerous-plants/ZRIfPUvDtQAHlZQ0
-
Honey made from rhododendrons can be hallucinogenic.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/651d8e926042f844c55baa8b
Ha! I did not know that.
-
6 Amazing Facts About Growing Old
https://www.interestingfacts.com/growing-older-facts/ZGwYTt0vtAAIdfh-
-
6 Amazing Facts About Growing Old
https://www.interestingfacts.com/growing-older-facts/ZGwYTt0vtAAIdfh-
Wow! So we are not actually 83 years old, but instead we are 7 billion years old! laughing7
6of 6
The Atoms That Make Up All of Us Are Already Billions of Years Old
It’s true that age is just a number, and in the cosmic view of the universe, human age is pretty insignificant. The atoms that make up the human body are already billions of years old. For example, hydrogen — one of the key components of our bodies — formed in the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. Likewise, carbon, the primary component of all known life, formed in the fiery cauldron of stars at least 7 billion years ago. So when someone says we’re all made of “star stuff,” they’re very much telling the truth (we’re also made from various supernovae). And while we grow old on Earth, this is only the latest chapter of a story that stretches back to the beginning of everything — and it’s a story that’ll continue until the universe ends.
-
Now you're a REALLY old fart! LMAO
-
Crying can make you happier.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6525ed2c33877251f85e708c
-
Mummies can still have fingerprints.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6407d7b9e8a9cc00083da781
-
Some countries have a list of preapproved baby names.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6525e6ba7da1c2f854953544
-
Theoretically, you could drive to space in about an hour.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/653023a42b8af295c0372aa4
-
6 Deep Facts About the Color Black
https://www.interestingfacts.com/black-facts/ZSXf6zS8ewAHafki
-
Babies blink less than adults.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/653014145c13670498f26b61
-
Bat species make up 21% of all mammals.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/634f3ce41b72770008589822
-
The sky looks bluer in the fall.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6538535b3a8acbef11b66ed5
-
Our Most Awe-Inspiring Facts About Planet Earth
https://www.interestingfacts.com/planet-earth-facts/ZTMBPjS8ewAHafvp
-
Twins live longer. - It will be interesting to see if my brothers live longer than me and they are only 2 years and 2 days younger...
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/654c0dd9d636d8f5eec48872
-
Interesting study and results.
Our family includes a set of twins, with only one of the twins surviving the birth... I wonder how that would impact the lifespan of the surviving/living twin?
-
Good question...
My family has a number of twins and triplets. LOL One of my great or great-great aunts (I forget) had 23 kids and t of them were twins or triplets. LMAO That's what my grandfather told me. I do have triplets that are cousins here in town.
-
Dunce caps were named for a famous philosopher.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/654bb49c8d9e1c19ddce14ed
-
Venice will soon become the first city in the world to charge visitors to enter.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/654bc58ea4ae67142cbf9fe3
-
Venice will soon become the first city in the world to charge visitors to enter.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/654bc58ea4ae67142cbf9fe3
I get the reasoning for charging a fee, folks coming in, using up resources and giving very little in return.
-
What was the most boring day in history?
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/655411c58a0f27bde143ccaf
-
Your femur can support 30 times the weight of your body.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/655cfa5c78a86d8b8059f907
-
Very interesting!!!
8 Interesting Facts About the World’s Most Remote and Inaccessible Places
https://www.interestingfacts.com/remote-inaccessible-places-facts/YtX5sKYHnQAHPR8_
-
Good find Steve! :thumbup:
I looked at each location carefully to see if by some wild chance I had ever visited any of them and sadly none were on my list of places that my foots had stepped. :cool:
-
When I was young I always wanted to travel the world. But not how things are today. LMAO
-
Food on planes tastes different in part because of the cabin conditions.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/636c043d6e9614000911d37f
-
6 Illuminating Facts About Secret Societies
https://historyfacts.com/us-history/article/6-illuminating-facts-about-secret-societies/
-
Cats can make 276 different facial expressions.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/655bfabf4ca6836cc361ac2b
-
Apes go through a midlife crisis.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65669edc6834821ffbc734ab
-
9 Durable Facts About Plastic
https://www.interestingfacts.com/plastic-facts/ZVwOFqkcfAAHuX9J
-
By some accounts we are burying ourselves in plastics.
-
Yup! In PA, companies don't have to recycle anything but residents are required to do it! Thanks, GOP! :tickedoff:
-
MIT awards a certificate in piracy.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6566968410fd67e66db79135
-
MIT awards a certificate in piracy.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6566968410fd67e66db79135
That is so crazy!!! But... I would do that! :hah!:
If I was a student at MIT I would take those four courses and would always proudly display my certificate on my wall.
-
Yes, that would be kind of fun. LOL
-
Turkey makes a kind of ice cream that doesn't melt.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/656fd14d44c9941266971df7
-
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/627185a28bf67d0008be9a02
-
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/627185a28bf67d0008be9a02
Strange stuff. :o
-
6 Amazing Facts About Elves
https://www.interestingfacts.com/elf-facts/Y4-YutQzDwAI3GWF
-
Some fun stuff there.
-
I remember reading about some of it when I was young.
-
A giant wave of molasses once flooded the streets of Boston.
https://historyfacts.com/us-history/fact/a-giant-wave-of-molasses-once-flooded-the-streets-of-boston/
-
Cheap bastards trying to pinch a penny. :censored:
These issues occurred in part because the walls were only 0.31 to 0.67 inches thick, far too thin to contain the weight of a full tank of molasses.
-
There's a tree in Georgia that owns itself.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65825b8f00ffe2b36aa3c408
Here's a little tidbit that was also in the email:
Oak trees can drop up to 10,000 acorns in one year.
Oak trees are known to shower yards, cars, and even people with a deluge of acorns — some autumns more than others. The number of acorns a single tree drops depends on the year, since oaks follow a pattern of lean and heavy acorn-producing seasons. In “mast years,” aka years when trees produce a heavier-than-normal supply of the nuts, oaks can drop up to 10,000 acorns. Scientists aren’t entirely sure what causes mast years, but the cycle occurs every two to five years, regardless of weather or rainfall. One working theory is that the mast year cycle outsmarts predators such as squirrels and chipmunks, allowing oak trees to saturate their environment with more acorns than can be eaten and giving future saplings a shot at sprouting.
-
Plants make sounds when they're stressed.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6566996ad5a86c158e03cd8c
-
Only one ship of the U.S. Navy is authorized to fly the Jolly Roger.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6579045725d93324cf70d7b3
-
Although I was in the US Navy, I did not know about this! :o
Interesting and fun to now know about Capt Kidd.
-
An ongoing music performance at a German church is scheduled to continue until 2640.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/624255c8c4a14e0007c1ace5
-
New York City subway cars have been dumped into the Atlantic to create artificial reefs.
This makes me wonder what harmful effects it will have...the metal rusting and all...
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6594cf157926894bece2f225
-
New York City subway cars have been dumped into the Atlantic to create artificial reefs.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6594cf157926894bece2f225
-
Coin flips are not actually random.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6594ccc06b492f0817fb2ec9
-
Hot and cold water make different sounds when poured.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/659dd68cfb44ffa27ee52952
-
9 Durable Facts About Plastic
https://www.interestingfacts.com/plastic-facts/ZVwOFqkcfAAHuX9J
-
The Civil War started and ended on the same person’s property.
https://historyfacts.com/us-history/fact/the-civil-war-started-and-ended-on-the-same-persons-property/
-
The Civil War started and ended on the same person’s property.
https://historyfacts.com/us-history/fact/the-civil-war-started-and-ended-on-the-same-persons-property/
Interesting fact that I did not know.
-
I think I remember reading something about this long ago. It sounds familiar so I posted it.
-
Australia is the only continent in the world without an active volcano.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65a7271c81c4517178407858
-
Some ants are edible.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65b06d6eacee72ca599d3c69
-
Watching a scary movie can burn as many calories as exercise.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65b0633a5c1e94addfe0706c
-
Watching a scary movie can burn as many calories as exercise.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65b0633a5c1e94addfe0706c
I did not know that! Gotta watch more of them. laughing7
-
Yeah, but I doubt if it helps if you are eating a big tub of popcorn or a lot of other food while doing it. LOL
-
People used to clean their hands with coffee.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65b9a1ee621b7633c12037d2
-
The world's oldest love poem is 4,000 years old.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65c2e437b9e6cddca69187d9
-
Elephant trunks have more than 40,000 muscles.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6423149accfd7300085a08d9
-
Wow! Now that is an interesting Factoid! laughing7
-
There are glaciers in the tropics.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65cd114e82e308b8e145332a
-
Potatoes can absorb and reflect Wi-Fi signals.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65cd0e4382e30844a5451b9f
-
Caffeine is a natural pesticide.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/61f85991e504fe0008c65d13
-
You can have cells from more than one person in your body.
https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/65d6528f3b54054f060fc411