Historical curiosities

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This is a space to share the useless but weird or interesting facts that you know and many people don’t.

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

- Coke was originally green.

- The caw of a duck doesn’t make echo and nobody knows why.

- A lot of years ago, the clans got rid of the undesirables burning their homes, that’s why when a person is dismissed of his/her job, the boss says “You’re fired”

- The Kisses of Hershey have that name ‘cause the machine that makes them seems to be kissing the transporting band.

- The Pentagon has the double of the bathrooms that it needs ‘cause it was built the law required a bath for the black people and another for the white people.

- It’s impossible to sneeze without closing your eyes.

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

- When you sneeze your heart stops beating.

- That all a hickup is is a malfunction in brain waves and that if you trick your brain by doing something else like chewing something crunchy you will quite hickuping.

"Life is like a box of chocolate you never know what you will get!"

400 years ago, Sweden was a superpower.

Hitler was a vegetarian.

Sealand is the only sea-platform-nation in the world.

"Durch Nacht und Blut das Licht"

- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before dying of hunger.

- Iceland consumes more Coke per capita than any other country in the world.

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

- Japan has more HAM radio operators per capita than anywhere else in the world.

- When lightening strikes, it is from the ground up even though it looks like it originates from the sky.

"UNIX is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus. ~Peter H. Coffin"

- The North American wild territory percentage is higher than the African wild territory (38% to 28%)

- It's possible to make a cow go upstairs but is impossible to get her down (by herself)

- The name Jeep comes from the abbreviation of “General Purpose” US army vehicle, GP

- The elephants are the only animals that can’t jump

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

>Clouds fly higher during the say than at night.

>1.5 billion kilograms of chocolate are consumed worldwide each year.

> The king of Hearts is the only king without a moustache (referring to a deck of cards).

> A foetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.

> The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

> Cats have better memories than dogs.

> Star fish don’t have brains.

"My time passing.."

- cat pee glows under a black light
- lipstick contains fish scales

"UNIX is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus. ~Peter H. Coffin"

- A common person laughs approximately 15 times a day

- The 95% of the people think is drives better than anyone else

- Thomas Alva Edison was afraid of dark

- The word “cementery” comes from the greek koimetirion that means dormitory

- During the north American secession war, when the troops get back to their quarters without any missing person, they put in a big slate “0 killed”. That’s where the expression “OK” comes

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

Keep the info coming Bob, it may be useless to some but still pretty interesting to know these little facts.

"Life is like a box of chocolate you never know what you will get!"

- carrots were originonally Purple, and were among the first vegetables to be GM and turned orange!

"I am Domz0r....roar!!!!"

Thanks cowgirl

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

Hey, Domz0r that's fantastic.

If you think about it, it is really hard to imagine a purple carrot

"In the sea of ilutions and frustations that life is, some swim and some drown"

I know its really hard to imagine, so by the power of Google, use image search and just type purple carrot

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