If you've ever wanted to be the life of the party but never had the right things to say, these little pieces of trivia might just set you up to be the one who knows a little something about everything.
Hard To Believe Pieces Of Trivia That Will Impress Your Friends
By
Editorial Staff in
Facts
On 26th January 2016
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#1 Although Saudi Arabia is covered in sand, the sand is of such low quality that for construction projects, sand has to be imported from places like Australia.
#2 Australia also provides Saudi Arabia with camels because Saudi camels are not good for meat.
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#3 Before Google launched Gmail, “G-Mail” was the name of a free e-mail service offered by Garfield’s website.
#4 The fifty-star American flag was designed by an Ohio high school student for a class project. His teacher originally gave him a B–.
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#5 Did you know that there's a difference between a graveyard and a cemetery? Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries stand alone.
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#6 Bank of America was originally named Bank of Italy.
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#7 The word "bookkeeper" and its derivatives is the only words in the English language to have 3 consecutive sets of double letters.
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#8 Mao Zedong, like many Chinese of his time, refused to brush his teeth. Instead, he rinsed his mouth with tea and chewed the leaves. Why brush? “Does a tiger brush his teeth?” argued Mao. As you can imagine, his teeth were green.
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#9 Donna Griffith is credited with the longest-recorded bout of sneezing. It lasted 978 days, from January 1981 to September 1983.
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#10 -40° F is the same temperature as -40° C.
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#11 The continent with the highest average education level is Antarctica (only researchers live there).
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#12 People who suffer from prosopagnosia can't recognize faces.
#13 There is no chemical difference between hair, fingernails, and rhino horns (all are made of keratin).
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#14 The largest city in the United States with a one-syllable name is Flint, Michigan. (HOPE THEY GET THEIR WATER FIXED SOON!)
#15 The first man to sail solo around the world was Joshua Slocum. What’s so interesting about that fact, you ask? The man couldn’t swim to save his life.
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#16 Arnold Schwarzenegger began his transition from an elite bodybuilder into film superstar when he made his screen debut in 1970 under the name “Arnold Strong” in Hercules Goes Bananas. Yep, Arnold has always had a great sense of humor.
#17 Michael Jackson wanted to play Spider-Man in a movie, so he tried to buy Marvel comics in the nineties. Unfortunately for his fans, Marvel kindly rejected his offer.
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#18 Did you know that Caskets and coffins are different? Caskets are square while coffins are tapered at the head and the foot.
#19 New Zealander Nigel Richards won the 2015 French Scrabble Championship. The crazy part? He doesn't speak French. Even crazier? Nigel corrected his opponent when he put down a non-existent word.
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#20 The word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron with "oxy" deriving from the ancient Greek for "sharp" and moron from "dull".
#21 Black was the only color in which Ford produced the Model T. It was the only color available that would dry fast enough to keep up with the pace of the assembly line.
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#22 The bullwhip is the first man made device to break the sound barrier.
#23 Jellyfish only have one orifice so they poop through their mouth.
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#24 "Facetious" is the only word in the English language that has all the vowels in alphabetical order.
#25 The relatively unknown third founder of Apple, Ronald Wayne, sold his 10% share for $800 in 1976.
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#26 Hippo milk is pink and resembles Pepto Bismol.
#27 The first US president born in a hospital was Jimmy Carter.
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#28 The world’s largest comic-book collection belongs to the Library of Congress. It currently holds over 100,000 individual issues.
#29 In the original Star Trek TV series Captain Kirk’s middle name was Tiberius. Obviously, the scriptwriter was a fan of Roman history.
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#30 The first telephones did not have bells and were connected all the time. In order to attract the attention of someone on the other end of the line, one would have to yell, “Ahoy!” into the receiver.
