Random fun-fact thread!

Woah, it’s true.

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

The word “nerd” was first coined by Dr. Seuss in “If I Ran the Zoo.”

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

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Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
I’m thinking if my cat sleeps for only 18 hours in a day he must be suffering from insomnia

The word “nerd” was first coined by Dr. Seuss in “If I Ran the Zoo.”
This is interesting. I thought the TV show “Happy Days” put that word into America’s vernacular.

well, I really jacked that last post up didn’t I?

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the word “teenager” was first used in a 2930’s reader’s digest article.

rough night on the keyboard Pajama Man

No two farts smell the same

I could have gone the rest of my life without knowing this fact. Who’s out there verifying these things?

Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel (Cat’s Cradle) was so well received and respected by the University of Chicago that they decided it counted as a Master’s Thesis.

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mine is F#, but whatever, right?

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Its illegal to drive more than 2,000 sheep down hollywood boulevard at one time

The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre
Cheap cheap America

Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue

Babies start dreaming even before they’re born

Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster

Pearls melt in vinegar
Better not cook with one on your ring

Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.

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English is a Germanic language with some use of Latin and geek words. Always laugh when people also claim all languages are Latin based …

lol i know.

nope, just the romance languages

I know that…but people are silly

Did you know that
Goodyear Rubber Company researched and concluded that shoes wear out faster on the right foot than the left. Wow I think we need more right side shoes