Curious Mind Blowing Facts - 22
That might make you say "What the?"
Kim and Kourtney Kardashian used to be Madonna’s Dog Walkers. Long before they graced the covers of magazines and dominated social media feeds, they were just regular kids. With a famous dad.
Proportionately the human butt is the largest of any species. Even our closest living relatives among the great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas), don't have proportionally as big butts as humans do. That’s because of our unique style of locomotion.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 25 percent of new businesses last 15 years or more. Maybe even more surprising is that 25 percent of all new businesses go under in the first year.
Writing by hand, as opposed to with a keyboard, helps you remember things.
The most expensive object ever made can be seen from anywhere on earth provided you have a clear night sky. It is the ISS - the International Space Station at a final cost of more than $150 Billion USD, in today’s dollars.
The Number 1 richest family in the world?
The royal family of UAE, the Al Nahyan family is the richest in the world with an estimated wealth of USD $305 billion.
The 3 Coldest countries in the world and the average temp in Celsius:
Greenland -minus 18.6°
Canada - minus 4.2°
Russia - minus 2.9°
Hottest:
Burkina Faso +29.3°
Mali +29.2°
Qatar +29.1°
Did you know that the guys who started Occupy Wall Street were both anthropologists? (the study of humanity).
Salt is the only rock we eat.
Psychologist László Polgár said that any child could become a genius in a chosen field with early training. He proved his theory by training his daughters in chess from age 4. All three went on to become chess prodigies, and the youngest, Judit, is considered the best female player in history.
We’ve now had 12 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures. The hottest day on Earth occurred on Monday (July 22, 2024) as sweltering severe heat conditions beat a record set the day before as countries worldwide felt the heat of the summer weather.
The patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire.
"To produce a two-gram memory microchip, 1.3 kilograms of fossil fuels and materials are required. In this process, just a fraction of the material used to manufacture microchips is actually contained in the final product, with as much as 99 percent of materials used discarded during the production process. Many of these discarded materials are chemicals–contaminating, inert, or even of unidentified levels of toxicity" (Gabrys, 2011)
For $50 per prescription, a freelancer (Insito Medfinder) in the Philippines will call pharmacies in your area to find Adderall, Mounjaro, WeGovy, and Zepbound (commonly known as the Ozempic brand when sold to manage type 2 diabetes) https://www.404media.co/people-in-the-philippines-are-calling-us-pharmacies-to-help-americans-find-adderall/
“Air Transat Flight 236, plane from Toronto to Lisbon ran out of fuel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and glided 75 miles to an airport in the Azores and safely landed. It was the longest glide of a passenger airliner. Happened 3 weeks before 9/11.”
Stubbs (April 12, 1997 – July 21, 2017) was a cat who was the honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, from July 18, 1997, until his death in 2017.
The only muscle in the body that is attached from just one end is the tongue.
Every episode of Friends mentions the word 'friends' at LEAST once.
Butterflies don’t have tongues. Most of their taste buds are focused on their feet.
Penguins can’t fly, but they can jump over 9 feet in the air.
Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
Frankenstein's monster is a vegetarian. The whole illustrated novel is here on Substack: https://pau1.substack.com/s/illustrated-frankenstein
Millie the White House dog earned more than four times as much as President Bush in 1991. $889,176 in pre-tax royalties from “Millie’s Book” - a dog’s-eye view of the White House written by Barbara Bush as if she were the family dog, Millie - made up by far the largest component of their total income.
The Canary Islands name came from the Latin term for the island, Insula Canaria, meaning 'Island of the Dogs'.
Influencer marketing has become one of the most popular and effective forms of online marketing. The global influencer marketing market value stood at $21.1bn as of 2023, having more than tripled since 2019.
The static from a old radio is a form of random interference caused by electromagnetic activity in the atmosphere.
Reuters reported that LVMH subsidiary Dior paid a supplier $57 to produce bags that retailed for about $2,780. The costs do not include raw materials such as leather. Georgio Armani paid contractors $99 per bag for products that sold for more than $1,900 in stores, according to documents seen by Reuters.
Actor Chuck Connors, best known for his lead role in The Rifleman, was the first NBA player to ever shatter the backboard — and not with a slam dunk. He shattered the backboard with a jump-shot during pregame warmups.
A lot of stores (our Home Depot and Costco) and shopping malls have this kind of air door that blasts you with high velocity air flow when you enter. It is actually called an air door or air curtain that is used to prevent air, contaminants, flying insects from moving from one open space to another, and keep out the lower temperature in winter. Bonus reason: to wreck your hairdo.
Chuck Norris worked as a lumberjack in a forest named Sahara.
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Your favorite fact?
"Salt is the only rock we eat?" Pardon my leche, but I've been enjoying quartz of milk for decades!
Not to be outdone in the irony department (fire hydrant patent lost in fire), little-known factoid? The patent for the bucket was lost in a sinking boat. 😁👍
Chuck Connors, as it happens, was not only in the NBA, he's one of only 13 athletes to play in BOTH the NBA and MLB (Major League Baseball).
Over the years I’ve heard butt size blamed on many things, but never ‘it’s to do with how I walk’ 😂