Curious Mind Blowing Facts - 19

Some may make you say "No Way, Jose"

The letters P, A, and V are the top trending “baby names that start with…” this year in the US.

15% of all Google searches have never been searched before. (As of 2022)

Imagine having an IQ test score 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein. William James Sidis was born in New York on April 1, 1898, to Russian immigrants. He could read the New York Times before he was 2. At age 6, his language repertoire included English, Latin, French, German, Russian, Hebrew, Turkish and Armenian. At age 11, he entered Harvard University as one of the youngest students in the school's history. (more: https://www.npr.org/2011/01/23/132737060/meet-william-james-sidis-the-smartest-guy-ever).

Ayesha and Steph Curry have welcomed their 4th child to the world. The family has named the boy Caius Chai Curry.

Fire extinguishers can serve two purposes. Putting out a small fire. Or clearing a path through a fire so you can escape. 

Most searched computer File Extensions and how to open them: 
HEIC, JSON, EPS, CSV, PDF, PNG, XML, BMP, SVG, and 7Z.

Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dropped out of high school but picked up his GED in 1993. His GED class voted him Most Likely to Succeed.

These people also did not have a great start to their career:

Abraham Lincoln
Charles Darwin
Winston Churchill
Walt Disney
Kanye West
JK Rowling
Henry Ford
Lady Gaga
Steve Jobs
Mark Twain 
Jack London
Horatio Alger Jr. 
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charles Dickens
Ray Bradbury
John Travolta
Harry Styles
Quentin Tarantino
Ryan Gosling
Robert Downey Jr.
John D. Rockefeller
Sir Richard Branson

The dot over your lowercase “i” is called a tittle.

Redondo Beach, California adopted the Goodyear Blimp as the city's official bird in 1983.

Starbucks had proposed putting a rack of merchandise from Amazon next to its cash registers in exchange for an ownership stake in the startup.

The sound of the roaring lion over the MGM logo is actually a tiger.

The aurora australis is the southern version of the aurora borealis. The Southern Lights.

Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly alone from Hawaii to California, and she was the second person (but first woman) to fly from New York to Europe.

The FBI investigated the song “Louie Louie” because people thought the lyrics were dirty. After three months, the FBI abandoned the investigation because it couldn’t make out the words.

Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer in his youth.

Awesome barber shop sign:

Mexico's official name is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Which translates into United Mexican States.

Colour TV was invented in Mexico

Wegovy and Ozempic Semiglutide medicines were inspired by the Gila monster venom.

And the venom of the Brazilian pit viper inspired a class of drugs known as ACE inhibitors for helping high blood pressure.

There has never been a US President who was an only child. On average, the US presidents have had more than five siblings.

The 1st episode of All in the Family began by warning "The program you are about to see is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show, in a mature fashion, just how absurd they are.”

The peregrine falcon is best known for its diving speed during flight—which can reach more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour—making it not only the world's fastest bird - but also the world's fastest animal.

Estelle Getty, who played Sophia in TV show Golden Girls, was actually one year younger than Bea Arthur who played her daughter in the same show.

The first person in England killed by a tiger was a bartender - in a pub called the White Lion.

All peacocks are male. The females are called “peahens.”

“Q” is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in any U.S. territory or state name.

During the 1950s, communities in Indiana and Utah instituted programs to tattoo children with their blood types so they could more quickly donate blood in the event of an atomic war.

Major General John Sedgwick was the highest-ranking Union officer killed during the CivilWar. Just before he was shot, his last words were, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.”

How do I add a Russian keyboard to Windows, and Why?
Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Language. Under Preferred languages, select the language that contains the keyboard you want, and then select Options. Select Add a keyboard and choose the keyboard you want to add.
Why? KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides of the malware purveyors: They simply will not install ransomeware on a Microsoft Windows computer that already has a Russian virtual keyboards installed.

Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water, and get it to drink.

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