There’s nothing better on a boring day at work than mindlessly pouring over trivia. Am I right? Of course I am, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this.
And who are we to disappoint? Here’s the 20 quirkiest things you’ve NEVER ever heard about.
1. Shakespeare spelled his own name a number of different ways.
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2. E.T. dolls were illegal in France because there is a law against selling non-human looking dolls with human faces.
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3. Over 200 times more gold exists in the oceans than has ever been mined.
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4. The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
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5. You can go to jail for driving a dirty car in Russia.
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6. Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
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7. Hummingbirds can’t walk.
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8. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.
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9. In Indian, Canada means “Big Village.”
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10. No census was ever taken in Bhutan since 1975. No one has any idea how many people actually live there.
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11. The only country in the world whose flag isn’t a square or a rectangle belongs to Nepal.
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12. A person’s brain is more active SLEEPING than watching TV.
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13. The first self-serve restaurant, the Exchange Buffet in New York, only allowed men to dine.
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14. Every photograph of an American atomic bomb detonation was taken by Harold Edgerton. They were taken 1/100,000,000th of a second after detonation and spliced together.
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15. You have no sense of smell when you’re asleep.
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16. In 1997, a Mexican town had a storm where frogs fell from the sky.
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17. Before heading into space, astronauts aren’t allowed to eat beans. Passing wind can damage their spacesuits.
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18. Before rubber was added to the tops of pencils, people used bread to erase marks.
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19. In North American sign language, a raised right hand means “powerful” and “brave.” A left hand placed over a right hand means “burial” and “death.”
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20. Adult polar bears usually eat the skin and blubber of a seal. They leave the meat for cubs and scavengers.
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(via LifeBuzz)
I never knew that about sign language. Now I kind of want to explore further and learn it!
