Fun and useless information

[ARYANTO]

This is the place to add interesting , weird fun and way out facts about anything .
It is our own ''DID YOU KNOW '' or ''BELIEVE IT OR NOT ''

At any given moment, about 0.7% of the people in the world are drunk.

 

[ARYANTO]

If you stretched out all the DNA helixes in the cells of your body – there are about 10 trillion cells on average so you might need a while – you’d get a string 744 million miles long, meaning it would reach to the Moon and back nearly 1500 times – or 4 times to the Sun and back again.

 

[ARYANTO]

Norway has a town called “Hell”.
It freezes over quite regularly....

 

[ARYANTO]

The hashtag is actually called an "octotroph"

The Bible mentions all sorts of domesticated animals – with the exception of the cat.

 

[Silver]

If you mix menthol into your fruity vape it tastes a lot better

 

[ARYANTO]

It takes an average person 7 minutes to fall asleep.
Bulgarians nod when they want to say NO and shake their heads when they want to say YES

 

[ARYANTO]

An interesting simile of why pearls are the best gifts for the angry girlfriend –
Oysters make pearls to get rid of a pain. When a grain of sand or debris gets inside the shell and causes discomfort, they coat it with multiple layers of “nacre”. Eventually, a pearl is formed.

 

[ARYANTO]

I just found this out !!!!- My niece is an astronomer and stargazer and told me this , I had to hear it .
The anniversary of Curiosity, the Mars rover’s landing is pretty sentimental. On this day, the lonely Mars rover performs a special task: It sings "Happy Birthday" to itself, all alone. Here’s how it sounds:External link

 

[ARYANTO]

11 APRIL 1954 This day is denoted as the "most boring day" in the 20th century by True Knowledge, an answer engine developed by William Tunstall-Pedoe. No significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened on this day.

 

[ARYANTO]

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

 

[ARYANTO]

The world’s largest themed resort hotel in the world – The Palace of the Lost City – is found in South Africa. Surrounding the Palace is a 25 hectare man-made botanical jungle with almost 2 million plants, trees and shrubs.

 

[Raindance]

Keep'em coming @ARYANTO. Shame that poor lonely little droid on Mars. Had to wipe a tear on that one.

Regards

 

[ARYANTO]

Keep'em coming @ARYANTO. Shame that poor lonely little droid on Mars. Had to wipe a tear on that one.

Regards

I loved that sweet idea of him/it all alone up there singing to itself...

 

[ARYANTO]

The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree has been an annual gift to the people of Britain by the city of Oslo
each year since 1947 as a token of gratitude for British support of Norway during the 2nd World War.

 

[ARYANTO]

Margaret Ann Bulkley, under the male pseudonym ''James Barry'', was one of the first female obstetricians in early nineteenth century British Empire. She was the first person to perform a cesarean section in South Africa [26 July 1826].

 

[ARYANTO]

The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, has so many cats on
its grounds that it employs a "Press Secretary to the Cats."
Once a motley crew of frightened strays hiding, half-starving, in the palace’s basement, the Hermitage’s cats are now a well-loved, well-fed part of the museum’s family. Some seventy former street cats live at the Hermitage, where, thanks largely to Ms Haltunen’s efforts, they have their very own underground cat infirmary and three full-time volunteers to care for them.

 

[ARYANTO]

Now this fact came to my attention because I love T's and have a big collection ....T-shirts were originally marketed to unmarried men who didn't know how to sew buttons back on collared shirts by themselves.[check the link for more fun facts about t's !]

 

[ARYANTO]

Cornflakes were invented to prevent masturbation [change of diet]

 

[ARYANTO]

That tiny pocket in jeans was designed to store pocket watches

 

[ARYANTO]

The blob of toothpaste that sits on your toothbrush has a name.

It’s called a “nurdle.”

 

[ARYANTO]

Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service once hacked an Al-Qaeda website and replaced the bomb instructions with a cupcake recipe.
[That is sooo cool !]

 

[ARYANTO]

Monowi, Nebraska is the only town in the United States with an official population of one person. She’s in her 80s, and she’s employed as the village’s mayor, librarian, and bartender.
[wonder who pays her ?]

 

[ARYANTO]

A study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years...no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

 

[ARYANTO]

Money notes are not made from paper, they are made from a special blend of cotton and linen.

 

[ARYANTO]

Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking
up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.