Strange... Unusual... And Interesting Facts...

[TwoTankAmin]

 South Africa is now the only country in the world besides the UK to have hosted the Soccer, Cricket  and Rugby World Cup!

 

[Ludwig Venter]

The shortest war in history was between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27th November 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered after only 38 minutes.....

 

[Ludwig Venter]

The shortest war in history was between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27th November 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered after only 38 minutes.....

 

[TallTree01]

Adolf Hitler outlawed keeping goldfish in bowls as the fish had no corner in which to hide.
Gains him some points in my eyes.

 

[nortonmad213]

the grasshopper mouse howls at the moon like a wolf and eats scorpions

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet!
 
 

Adolf Hitler outlawed keeping goldfish in bowls as the fish had no corner in which to hide.
Gains him some points in my eyes.

 

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia is the fear of long words
 
Chewing celery burns more calories than are in celery
 

I thought that phobia wasnt real and was just made up?

 

[daizeUK]

60% of your body is water.
90% of the living cells in your body are not yours but belong to microbes.
The atoms in your body are comprised of 99.9999999999999% empty space.
There's not as much of you as you think there is

 

[sawickib]

http/www.livescience.com/42438-glowing-sea-life-secrets-uncovered-nsf-bts.html
Interesting new discoveries 

 

[GuppyGirl20]

Lizards communicate by doing push ups! (Snapple bottle cap fact 90something)

 

[sawickib]

Yea I see the anoles here in Florida doing it all the time, once I did push-ups to my leopard gecko girls and they looked at me like.... What are you doing lol

 

[Ludwig Venter]

The word "Queue" is the only English word which is still pronounced the same.... even if you remove the last 4 letters.....

 

[Ch4rlie]

What about tea and bee for example? They pronounced the same even if removed all the last letters......

 

[Ludwig Venter]

What about tea and bee for example? They pronounced the same even if removed all the last letters......

I did not mention.... The longest word..... ie 4 letters are removed in Queue.....

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Who is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobic?
 

 
A hydrodaktulpsychicharmonica is a variety of musical glasses.

 
 

 
A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

 
For all our sakes, please do not tell this to the folks who make our test kits.......

 

[TallTree01]

Fear of long words innit?