RANDOM FUN FACTS

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The sun is actually white. Not yellow.
Source [www.nasa.gov]
Source [eclipse2017.nasa.gov]

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Penicillin was first called “mold juice”

Alexander Fleming was one of those quirky scientists who accidentally made a scientific breakthrough.

In 1928, the bacteriologist left a petri dish in his lab while he was on vacation only to return and find that some liquid around the mold had killed the bacteria in the dish.

This became the world’s first antibiotic.

But before naming it penicillin, he called it “mold juice.”

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Sure. I've got some fun biology fact for you:

Some plants you can make grow on top of each other, by cutting them, and then placing the cut surfaces against each other. And they will both continue to live on, as some sort of hybrid plant. Two different plants merged into one. And they will grow attached to each other, and both survive, while one of them uses the roots of the other plant, to acquire nutrition from the soil.

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It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose.

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The inventor of the Internet regrets the URL setup

Tim Berners-Lee, who created the main software of the World Wide Web,
admitted he regrets one thing:

Adding “//” after “https://” in a web address.

It was standard for programming but didn’t serve any real purpose,
and when looking back in 2009, he said leaving it out would have saved time and space.

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“OK” most likely stands for fake words

In the 1830s, people jokingly spelled abbreviations incorrectly.

One of the most famous: “All correct” turned into “orl korrekt,” and then of course into OK.

Historians think it stuck because Martin Van Buren—known as Old Kinderhook,
after his hometown in New York—supporters called themselves the OK Club when he was campaigning for reelection.

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There’s only one Shell gas station shaped like a shell

Eight were built in the 1930s, but the only one left is in North Carolina.

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The last letter added to the alphabet was actually “J”

You might think that the letter “Z” is the last letter added because it’s the last letter of the alphabet, but that’s incorrect.

It’s actually “J.” The alphabet that we know and love today wasn’t created alphabetically, too!

Here's why [www.rd.com]

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A gazelle can jump higher than a house. This is partly due to its strong hind legs and partly due to the fact that houses cannot jump.

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McDonald's is the largest toy distributor in the world.

About 20% of McDonald's sales involve Happy Meals, which include a toy.

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Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog

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Origineel geplaatst door ✪ 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗜 ✪:

Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog

Tails' former name was Miles, right? Since it's related.

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In 2014, Sony made a cassette tape that can store 185TB of data

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Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.

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The average person produces enough saliva during a lifetime to fill up two swimming pools.

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Origineel geplaatst door ✪ 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗜 ✪:

Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog

Tails' former name was Miles, right? Since it's related.

Tails' name Miles "Tails" Prower is a play-on-words for miles per hour... I could have typed this better. Curse my english!