Let's take a break from everything and listen to some fun facts.
I love telling stories and explaining facts to people. (In fact, as my girlfriend will probably attest, half of our conversations start with "want to know a fun fact about...")
So, I figured, in an attempt to cheer myself up this morning, that I would impart some of of the most brilliant facts ever*.
Some of thee facts are ones I know, others are some I found from various websites.
So, here goes.
The iteration of Biff in Back To The Future II is visually based on Donald Trump.
In the film 'High Society', during the filming of the segment for 'True Love', Grace Kelly caressed Bing Crosby incessantly to try and put him off. It didn't.
Lady Gaga gets her name from the Queen song 'Radio Ga Ga'.
On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead, they played piano music.
Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.
In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland headquarters because it was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.
The Q in Q-tips stands for quality. They were originally called Baby Gays.
The Vatican Bank is the world's only bank that allows ATM users to perform transactions in Latin.
The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
Horses can't vomit.
Due to a zipper breaking, Olivia Newton-John had to be sewn into the trousers she wears in the last carnival scene of Grease.
In Halloween, Michael Myers’ mask is actually a Captain Kirk mask which was altered for the film. It was purchased for less than $2.
In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler’s List for his student film requirement.
Walt Disney paid the animators on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $5 for any gag that made it into the final version of the movie.
In Switzerland, it is against the law to own just one guinea pig.
Sex in the Victorian Period was referred to as 'Horizontal Refreshment'.
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun. (Straight bananas grow towards the European Union).
'Do geese see God' is a sentence that is the same backwards and forwards.
Roughly 20% of all American power-cuts are caused by squirrels.
The Mayo Clinic, while trying to find a cure for AIDS, accidentally created glow in the dark cats.'.
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from one another.
The full name of the city of Los Angeles is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula'.
According to the Book of Genesis, the chicken came before the egg.
Ronald McDonald is called 'Donald McDonald' in Japan, purely for pronunciation purposes.
When a male penguin falls in love with female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
Cracking knuckles does not hurt your bones or cause arthritis, the sound you hear is gas bubbles bursting.
Air pollution in China increases snowfall in California.
and, finally:
Bananas cannot naturally reproduce.
You are all very welcome.
*According to moi.
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