Insane Facts About This World That You Simply Won't Believe
By
Editorial Staff in
Facts
On 29th February 2016
People say that truth is stranger than fiction. While I don't necessarily believe that (I mean, just look at all of those alien stories floating around out there), there are certainly some facts that are hard to believe.
Here are 24 bizarre facts that you've probably never heard before.
1. The Q in Q-Tip stands for "quality."
2. The inventor of the AK-47 stated that he wished he had invented something that helped farmers instead.
3. There actually was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
4. Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton look-alike contest...and lost.
5. Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were part of the Olympics.
6. Jacuzzi is a brand name. They also make mattresses and toilets.
7. In one cartoon, Snoopy trained to be a champion arm-wrestler, but he was disqualified for not having thumbs.
8. The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
9. The inventor of the Pringles can had his ashes stored in one.
10. Ravens can learn to talk more easily than parrots can.
11. Fittingly enough, the last official rental from Blockbuster Video before it closed for good was This Is the End.
12. Hawaiian Punch was originally invented as a topping for ice cream.
