Some Fun Facts You May Have Not Known

[Kusa]

Disclaimer: All info are derived from various sources and are solely intended for entertainment.

Honey does not spoil.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
Octopuses have three hearts and nine brains.
Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.
African Buffaloes Make Decisions By Voting.
Sharks do not have any bones.
Adult cats only meow to humans, not other cats.
Cats can’t taste anything sweet.
All clown fish are born male and can become female later in life...why do that!
It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland. It's considered animal abuse because they're social beings and get lonely.
Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long...talk of DATY.
The word "golf" comes from the Old Scots word gowf, which means "to hit" or "to strike".
Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise.
Like finger prints, everyone's tongue print is different
The real name for a hashtag is an octothorpe.
A fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
No number before 1,000 contains the letter A.
The Pope can’t be an organ donor.
Finland has more saunas than cars.
A baby kangaroo is called a joey.
Meat from a goat is called Chevron
Ultracrepidarian is someone who gives an opinion about something they know nothing about.

Will be updated often.

 

[MissCroft]

Most toilets flush in E flat.

Dolphins in the Amazon are pink.

Ransom paid for kidnap victims in the U.S. is tax deductible.

Foxes pollinate plants.

Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) had a fear of children.

 

[shack]

Ultracrepidarian is someone who gives an opinion about something they know nothing about.

Thank god we don't have anybody like that on TERB.

 

[unassuming]

Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) had a fear of children.

........and a racist-anti asian

Why Dr. Seuss got away with anti-Asian racism for so long

The author drew racist stereotypes in children’s books and political cartoons — but a reckoning has been delayed because of historically ingrained anti-Asian racism, experts say.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[JuanGoodman]

Thank god we don't have anybody like that on TERB.

what do you call someone who is an expert on everything

we have a few of them on TERB

 

[JohnHenry]

An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until he finally knows everything about nothing.

 

[Sonic Temple]

Rush was the first band to received the Order of Canada in 1996. All three members of the band, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neik Peart (RIP) are all Officers of the Order of Canada.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Rush was the first band to received the Order of Canada in 1996. All three members of the band, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neik Peart (RIP) are all Officers of the Order of Canada.

Who's Neik Peart?

 

[shack]

what do you call someone who is an expert on everything

we have a few of them on TERB

Can't argue that.

they are cousins of the ultracrepidarian

 

[jeff2]

Different definitions of a billion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion

 

[JuanGoodman]

Different definitions of a billion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion

a way to visualize a billion

if $1.00 represented one second

it would take 12 days to accumulate 1 million

it would take about 31 years and 8 months to accumulate 1 billion

 

[xix]

a way to visualize a billion

if $1.00 represented one second

it would take 12 days to accumulate 1 million

it would take about 31 years and 8 months to accumulate 1 billion

Difference Between a Million and a Billion

www.youtube.com

 

[Kusa]

1,089 x 9 = 9,801.
The addition of numbers on the opposite side of dice always equal seven.
A Day on Venus is Longer Than a Year on Venus.
IKEA is an acronym that stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd: the founder’s name.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Coral reefs are Earth's largest living structure.
Egypt is classified as the oldest country in the world, dating back to 3100 BCE.
When you do a Google query, 1000 computers are used to find the answer in 0.2 seconds.
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.
A snail breathes through its foot.
Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other.
The state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those with a DUI conviction.
Oysters can change from one gender to another (and back again).

 

[xix]

Oysters can change from one gender to another (and back again).

There are people out there who think they are Oysters.

 

[unassuming]

1,089 x 9 = 9,801.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

Nope, it's the jaw muscle:

The most powerful muscle in the body

Have you ever been curious about which muscle is the fastest or strongest muscle in the body? Before we answer these questions, we must first define the three different types of muscles in our bodies: cardiac, smooth and skeletal.

apnews.com

 

[jalimon]

Trump is an idiot.

 

[RZG]

Strap - on backwards is no - parts.

 

[seanzo]

Egypt is classified as the oldest country in the world, dating back to 3100 BCE.

Another fun fact about Egypt, Cleopatra is closer in time to the iPhone then to the construction of the pyramids of Giza

 

[cumstainz]

Only 3% of the population can touch their toes and spell 'run' for some unexplainable reason.

 

[jalimon]

one person out of 3 forms a third of the population.