50 Things That Make You Go Hmmmmm
Or things that might impress someone at a dinner party.
This is a listicle of things I think about late at night when I can't sleep. Some of these are strange facts, and some are just weird things that make you think. Some of them you have heard before but hopefully some of them are new to you. For those of you that want to know the answer to the entries that are questions, I don’t know the answer. I’m sure if you do some research you could find out the answers but I will leave that to you.
President William McKinley always wore a red carnation for good luck, but sometimes gave it out as a memento. When greeting a crowd in Buffalo, New York in 1901, he handed a 12-year-old girl, Myrtle, his bloom off his lapel, saying “I must give this flower to another little flower.” Minutes later, he was fatally shot by a man in the crowd
If the pen is mightier than the sword, and a picture is worth a thousand words, how dangerous is a fax?
A Blue Whale’s heart weighs one ton.
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Canada eats more macaroni and cheese per capita than any other nation in the world.
Why do they put Braille on the drive through ATMs?
There are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on earth
What happened to Preparation A through Preparation G?
Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.
Why do black olives come in cans and green olives come in jars?
In Israel, it is illegal to bring bears to the beach.
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Cookie Monster’s real name is Sid.
How do you know that honesty is the best policy until you have tried some of the others?
If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot dog buns only 8?
Jellyfish are considered biologically immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed.
Why the sun lightens our hair but darkens our skin?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
“She sells seashells by the seashore” was written about Mary Anning, a female paleontologist from the 1800s. She actually sold dinosaur bones and fossilized shells.
Why is "Abbreviated" such a long word?
Jousting is the official sport in the state of Maryland.
Why do doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
The longest one-syllable word is "screeched."
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Woolly mammoths were still alive when the pyramids were built. The pyramids were built in 2580 BC and the there were still wooly mammoths in Siberia as late as 2000 BC.
If con is the opposite of pro then is Congress the opposite of progress?
The Sun makes up 98.8% of the mass of the solar system. The rest is split between the planets, their satellites, comets, asteroids, dust, and gas.
How deep would the ocean be if there were no sponges in it?
Why is it that your nose runs and your feet smell?
On Charon, one of Pluto’s moon, there is a large area that sometimes appears to be the color of blood. It has been nicknamed Mordor after the place of evil in Lord of the Rings
If you write a book on How to Fail, and it fails, would it be a success?
The average American driver sits at traffic lights for two weeks over their driving life.
If a cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands butter-side down, what would happen if you dropped a cat with a slice of toast strapped to its back?
The population of California is bigger than the population of Canada, even though Canada is 2000% larger.
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
The closest US state to Africa is Maine, it is also the only state with a single syllable name
If you switch the 'W' with 'T' in When, What, Where you get the answer to each question.
Volleyball and basketball were both invented in Massachusetts.
In court, why do they ask if you swear to tell the truth? If you're planning on lying, do they really think you'll tell them so?
The highest point in Pennsylvania (Mount Davis 3.213) is lower than the lowest point in Colorado (Yuma County 3,315).
If chicken meat is called chicken, duck meat is called duck, rabbit meat is called rabbit, than why is deer meat called venison, cow meat called beef, and pig meat called pork?
Spam actually is an abbreviation for spiced ham and Hawaii consumes more of it than any other state in the nation.
In 1963, MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, while playing for the San Francisco Giants and an hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit his first, and only, home run.
Is it called sand because it’s in between the sea and land?
The star Antares (550 light years away) is 60,000 times larger than our sun. If our sun were the size of a softball, Antares would be as large as a house.
A Hippo can open it’s mouth big enough that a four-foot tall child could fit inside.
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.
There they are 50 things that you might not have known or ever even thought about. I hope you enjoyed this light-hearted post and please share it with anybody that might be interested. Until next time, You Stay Classy Substack!
Chris
That was very entertaining. Thank you.😌