Curious Mind Blowing Facts - 2
Curious Mind Blowing Facts - 2
will make you say "No Way"...
Internet links were blue because Marc Andreesson really likes the color blue.
Turtles can breathe out of their butts.
The guy who coined the term blog still has one: https://www.peterme.com/
Then: Four years into publishing videos on YouTube, MrBeast only had 76 subscribers.
Now: MrBeast has reached 200 million subscribers on YouTube! This happened really quickly, as he went from 100 million to 200 million in just over a year.
If you put salt on pineapple it makes it taste sweeter.
In a group of just 23 people there is around a 50% chance two people will share the same birthday. The math behind it is explained here.
Squirrels can fall from any height, they cannot die from it.
Polar bears have black skin.
Bananas are berries, while strawberries are not.
Trees communicate with each other.
The Pando "tree" is a clonal, connected organism, assumed to be the biggest life form on earth.
The blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed, even compared to dinosaurs.
The high five was invented in the late 1970s.
Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland's full name is "Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland". His maternal grandfather was Scottish-born Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, who is widely credited for bringing universal health care to Canada.
Annually, people are killed more by cows than by sharks
Yes that Trump family. Yes it’s his Uncle.
51 is divisible by 17. I know…you didn’t need a link to prove this one 😀
If you go to the northernmost point of Brazil, you are closer to Canada than you are to the southernmost point of Brazil.
If Wayne Gretzky never scored a single goal, he’d STILL be the NHL’s all-time points leader.
God’s Rambo and the Ghost Camaro - Helge Meyer's Story
Just like the fabulous Blues Brothers, Helge was on a mission from God. This is the true story of Helge Meyer. He made it his mission to help the starving children and their families of former war-torn Yugoslavia from 1991 -1995.
https://pau1.substack.com/p/gods-rambo-and-the-ghost-camaro
The Miracle of Juliane Koepcke – Sole Survivor
“They say the 10,000-foot free fall while being strapped to a seat on either side of her acting like a sort of parachute saved her life. She was the only survivor out of the 92 passengers and crew that took off that day.” https://pau1.substack.com/p/-the-christmas-miracle-of-juliane
Roar Movie
No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 members of the cast and crew were. The most dangerous movie ever made…
https://pau1.substack.com/p/roar-movie
Chess Boxing: Is this a joke?
https://pau1.substack.com/p/chess-boxing?
Did you know that the Russians went to Venus 60 years ago? (pau1.substack.com/p/-im-your-venus-baby)
There was a need to build a route for trucks and larger vehicles to cross what would become the busiest international border in the world. The Ambassador Bridge Linking the USA and Canada is a Secret Monopoly Few Know About *It's privately owned!
https://pau1.substack.com/p/-the-ambassador-bridge-linking-the
The Author with 7 Books in the Top 10 NYTimes Best Seller's List at One Time, that I had never heard of…
https://pau1.substack.com/p/the-author-with-7-books-in-the-top
Shot at age 15. Anthony barricaded a door to a classroom to protect other students, saving as many as 20 lives. He was the last of the injured to leave the hospital. https://pau1.substack.com/p/are-you-a-giver-or-a-taker-9b8
Part 1 of Curious Mind Blowing Facts is here:
Thank you!
I love these odd facts but am gobsmacked by the thought of spiders purring.
The producers of JEOPARDY called. Can you present an answer in the form of a question ? Their theme is actually a pleasant earworm !