27 Fascinating Facts You Probably Don't Know

Mizuka Ishiwatari Published 01/20/2016 in wow

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The Pop Tart is an Americanized version of the Danish homemade "Hindbaersnitter."
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British MPs while speaking within Parliament are exempt from defamation laws, this allows them to insult each other in any way possible without any legal consequence.
3.
Carbon has no melting point (at normal atmospheric pressure), and remains solid at higher temperatures than any other element.
4.
Bollywood actress (and former porn star) Sunny Leones first Bollywood film was titled Jism.
5.
Guard llamas are real and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails.
6.
There's a word for when you mention a thing by explicitly saying you're not going to mention that thing: apophasis.
7.
The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on Earth.
8.
Dutch-born filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop [1987] and Total Recall [1990], was the first person to ever actually show up to accept a Razzie Award, where he was voted 'Worst Director' for his 1995 commercial bust 'Showgirls'.
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Algae produce close to 3/4 of the planet's oxygen.
10.
Fidgeting (such as tapping your feet or drumming your fingers) can burn up to 350 calories a day and is a common trait of lean/skinny individuals.
11.
The Author of the Princess Bride also wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
12.
Aubrey Plaza plays on a successful women's basketball team called The Pistol Shrimps.
13.
The standard cream in Twinkies were banana. During WWII, Bananas were rationed, forcing Hostess to use Vanilla cream. To their surprise, popularity rose from the change, and became the standard.
14.
Judit Polgar is the only woman to have won a chess game against a reigning world number one player, and has defeated eleven current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess.
15.
Up to 55% of senior cats aged 11 to 15 suffer from dementia.
16.
Will Smith turned down the roles of Neo in The Matrix, Django in Django: Unchained, and Superman in Superman Returns.
17.
Missy the cow, worth $1.2 million, is considered to be the top milk producing cow and also won every beauty contest she entered. Missy’s owners previously pre-sold 25 embryos for $230,000.
18.
A man sued Blue Man Group claiming he suffered permanent damage to his esophagus when the performers shoved a camera down his throat. It was revealed that it was a camera trick and nothing entered the mans mouth as the live footage was actually a pre recorded medical video.
19.
Peeing in public can get you on the sex offender registry for life in 13 states.
20.
Contrary to a popular myth, the pyramids were built not by slaves, but by well-fed, skilled laborers, who were given proper housing and living quarters.
21.
There is a disease in which the afflicted is unable to breath automatically, and must breath manually. This disease is called Ondine's Curse.
22.
More salt is used for de-icing roads (8% of global manufactured salt) than for human consumption (6%).
23.
Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US.
24.
In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.
25.
David Bowie had an affair with the mother of Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash.
26.
Mary Quant, who is credited for the invention of the miniskirt, named it the miniskirt after her favorite car. The Mini.
27.
Although he was 6' 5" and 315 lbs, Michael Clarke Duncan's mother would not let him play football in high school, afraid that he would get hurt. So instead, Duncan pursued his interest in acting.

1.
The Pop Tart is an Americanized version of the Danish homemade "Hindbaersnitter."
2.
British MPs while speaking within Parliament are exempt from defamation laws, this allows them to insult each other in any way possible without any legal consequence.
3.
Carbon has no melting point (at normal atmospheric pressure), and remains solid at higher temperatures than any other element.
4.
Bollywood actress (and former porn star) Sunny Leones first Bollywood film was titled Jism.
5.
Guard llamas are real and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails.
6.
There's a word for when you mention a thing by explicitly saying you're not going to mention that thing: apophasis.
7.
The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on Earth.
8.
Dutch-born filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop [1987] and Total Recall [1990], was the first person to ever actually show up to accept a Razzie Award, where he was voted 'Worst Director' for his 1995 commercial bust 'Showgirls'.
9.
Algae produce close to 3/4 of the planet's oxygen.
10.
Fidgeting (such as tapping your feet or drumming your fingers) can burn up to 350 calories a day and is a common trait of lean/skinny individuals.
11.
The Author of the Princess Bride also wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
12.
Aubrey Plaza plays on a successful women's basketball team called The Pistol Shrimps.
13.
The standard cream in Twinkies were banana. During WWII, Bananas were rationed, forcing Hostess to use Vanilla cream. To their surprise, popularity rose from the change, and became the standard.
14.
Judit Polgar is the only woman to have won a chess game against a reigning world number one player, and has defeated eleven current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess.
15.
Up to 55% of senior cats aged 11 to 15 suffer from dementia.
16.
Will Smith turned down the roles of Neo in The Matrix, Django in Django: Unchained, and Superman in Superman Returns.
17.
Missy the cow, worth $1.2 million, is considered to be the top milk producing cow and also won every beauty contest she entered. Missy’s owners previously pre-sold 25 embryos for $230,000.
18.
A man sued Blue Man Group claiming he suffered permanent damage to his esophagus when the performers shoved a camera down his throat. It was revealed that it was a camera trick and nothing entered the mans mouth as the live footage was actually a pre recorded medical video.
19.
Peeing in public can get you on the sex offender registry for life in 13 states.
20.
Contrary to a popular myth, the pyramids were built not by slaves, but by well-fed, skilled laborers, who were given proper housing and living quarters.
21.
There is a disease in which the afflicted is unable to breath automatically, and must breath manually. This disease is called Ondine's Curse.
22.
More salt is used for de-icing roads (8% of global manufactured salt) than for human consumption (6%).
23.
Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US.
24.
In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.
25.
David Bowie had an affair with the mother of Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash.
26.
Mary Quant, who is credited for the invention of the miniskirt, named it the miniskirt after her favorite car. The Mini.
27.
Although he was 6' 5" and 315 lbs, Michael Clarke Duncan's mother would not let him play football in high school, afraid that he would get hurt. So instead, Duncan pursued his interest in acting.

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1. The Pop Tart is an Americanized version of the Danish homemade "Hindbaersnitter."

2. British MPs while speaking within Parliament are exempt from defamation laws, this allows them to insult each other in any way possible without any legal consequence.

3. Carbon has no melting point (at normal atmospheric pressure), and remains solid at higher temperatures than any other element.

4. Bollywood actress (and former porn star) Sunny Leones first Bollywood film was titled Jism.

5. Guard llamas are real and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails.

6. There's a word for when you mention a thing by explicitly saying you're not going to mention that thing: apophasis.

7. The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on Earth.

8. Dutch-born filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop [1987] and Total Recall [1990], was the first person to ever actually show up to accept a Razzie Award, where he was voted 'Worst Director' for his 1995 commercial bust 'Showgirls'.

9. Algae produce close to 3/4 of the planet's oxygen.

10. Fidgeting (such as tapping your feet or drumming your fingers) can burn up to 350 calories a day and is a common trait of lean/skinny individuals.

11. The Author of the Princess Bride also wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

12. Aubrey Plaza plays on a successful women's basketball team called The Pistol Shrimps.

13. The standard cream in Twinkies were banana. During WWII, Bananas were rationed, forcing Hostess to use Vanilla cream. To their surprise, popularity rose from the change, and became the standard.

14. Judit Polgar is the only woman to have won a chess game against a reigning world number one player, and has defeated eleven current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess.

15. Up to 55% of senior cats aged 11 to 15 suffer from dementia.

16. Will Smith turned down the roles of Neo in The Matrix, Django in Django: Unchained, and Superman in Superman Returns.

17. Missy the cow, worth $1.2 million, is considered to be the top milk producing cow and also won every beauty contest she entered. Missy’s owners previously pre-sold 25 embryos for $230,000.

18. A man sued Blue Man Group claiming he suffered permanent damage to his esophagus when the performers shoved a camera down his throat. It was revealed that it was a camera trick and nothing entered the mans mouth as the live footage was actually a pre recorded medical video.

19. Peeing in public can get you on the sex offender registry for life in 13 states.

20. Contrary to a popular myth, the pyramids were built not by slaves, but by well-fed, skilled laborers, who were given proper housing and living quarters.

21. There is a disease in which the afflicted is unable to breath automatically, and must breath manually. This disease is called Ondine's Curse.

22. More salt is used for de-icing roads (8% of global manufactured salt) than for human consumption (6%).

23. Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US.

24. In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.

25. David Bowie had an affair with the mother of Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash.

26. Mary Quant, who is credited for the invention of the miniskirt, named it the miniskirt after her favorite car. The Mini.

27. Although he was 6' 5" and 315 lbs, Michael Clarke Duncan's mother would not let him play football in high school, afraid that he would get hurt. So instead, Duncan pursued his interest in acting.

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1.
The Pop Tart is an Americanized version of the Danish homemade "Hindbaersnitter."

2.
British MPs while speaking within Parliament are exempt from defamation laws, this allows them to insult each other in any way possible without any legal consequence.

3.
Carbon has no melting point (at normal atmospheric pressure), and remains solid at higher temperatures than any other element.

4.
Bollywood actress (and former porn star) Sunny Leones first Bollywood film was titled Jism.

5.
Guard llamas are real and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails.

6.
There's a word for when you mention a thing by explicitly saying you're not going to mention that thing: apophasis.

7.
The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on Earth.

8.
Dutch-born filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop [1987] and Total Recall [1990], was the first person to ever actually show up to accept a Razzie Award, where he was voted 'Worst Director' for his 1995 commercial bust 'Showgirls'.

9.
Algae produce close to 3/4 of the planet's oxygen.

10.
Fidgeting (such as tapping your feet or drumming your fingers) can burn up to 350 calories a day and is a common trait of lean/skinny individuals.

11.
The Author of the Princess Bride also wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

12.
Aubrey Plaza plays on a successful women's basketball team called The Pistol Shrimps.

13.
The standard cream in Twinkies were banana. During WWII, Bananas were rationed, forcing Hostess to use Vanilla cream. To their surprise, popularity rose from the change, and became the standard.

14.
Judit Polgar is the only woman to have won a chess game against a reigning world number one player, and has defeated eleven current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess.

15.
Up to 55% of senior cats aged 11 to 15 suffer from dementia.

16.
Will Smith turned down the roles of Neo in The Matrix, Django in Django: Unchained, and Superman in Superman Returns.

17.
Missy the cow, worth $1.2 million, is considered to be the top milk producing cow and also won every beauty contest she entered. Missy’s owners previously pre-sold 25 embryos for $230,000.

18.
A man sued Blue Man Group claiming he suffered permanent damage to his esophagus when the performers shoved a camera down his throat. It was revealed that it was a camera trick and nothing entered the mans mouth as the live footage was actually a pre recorded medical video.

19.
Peeing in public can get you on the sex offender registry for life in 13 states.

20.
Contrary to a popular myth, the pyramids were built not by slaves, but by well-fed, skilled laborers, who were given proper housing and living quarters.

21.
There is a disease in which the afflicted is unable to breath automatically, and must breath manually. This disease is called Ondine's Curse.

22.
More salt is used for de-icing roads (8% of global manufactured salt) than for human consumption (6%).

23.
Residents of the US, particularly those living near the Mexican border, now routinely cross the border into Mexico for medical care. Mexican dentists often charge 20 to 25 percent of U.S. prices, while other procedures typically cost a third what they would cost in the US.

24.
In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.

25.
David Bowie had an affair with the mother of Guns N' Roses guitarist, Slash.

26.
Mary Quant, who is credited for the invention of the miniskirt, named it the miniskirt after her favorite car. The Mini.

27.
Although he was 6' 5" and 315 lbs, Michael Clarke Duncan's mother would not let him play football in high school, afraid that he would get hurt. So instead, Duncan pursued his interest in acting.