Random Facts

By newtechnote

RANDOM FACTS

#1: There are 110 ridges on a dime

#2: The hummingbird will shed its beak two times before reaching adulthood.

#3: Fred Flintstone’s middle name is Fauntleroy.

Fauntleroy?

#4: The average value of all items brought to PBS’s Antiques Roadshow for evaluation between 2004 and 2007 was $5.02.

#5: Cher, Madonna and Dr. Phil all worked as ticket takers in their local movie theaters when teenagers.

#6: An average Microsoft Excel spreadsheet document has 1,102 rows and 18.2 columns.

#7: Cheetos were originally called “Cheese Toes”. The name was shortened and combined because of the negative perception the original name held for focus groups.

Cheetos

#8: Osama bin Laden was not placed on the No Fly List until October 2007. An official at the Department of Homeland Security explained, “that [placing bin Laden on the list] was so obvious that no one thought to do it.”

#9: George W. Bush was the first President to have served kiwi fruit in the White House.

#10: Officially, a “nap” becomes a “sleep” after the sleeper has slept for 53 minutes.

#11: Contrary to popular belief, cats don’t actually sleep: their muscles relax and their breathing slows while the brain stays completely alert.

#12: Microsoft owns a patent on the Ctrl-Alt-Del key sequence.

#13: No toad has ever been seen sitting on a toadstool unless it was placed there by a person.

#14: Frog eggs are more likely to hatch on Thursdays more than any other day.

#15: Having a car bumper sticker increases the chance of getting rear-ended by 60 percent.

Oregon is California\'s Canada

#16: The duck-billed platypus is the only mammal born without an appendix.

#17: The longest mathematical equation published in a scholarly journal was 215 pages long.

#18: The top selling calendar in America in 2004 was titled “Puppies being naughty.”

#19: Though the guitar has existed in a recognizable form since the 13th century, standard guitar tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E) was not invented until 1891.

#20: Emergency rooms treat more ankle injuries than any other kind of injury.

 

(Source: Gullible.info)

–Jack Robertson

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