Fun Facts We Overlook: Share a Hidden Truth You Find Fascinating

Hi all,

I just wanted to start this post with the truths which are known but hidden or we didn't pay attention to. If you have something to share, share one each.

To start with:

1) The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.

Siri

Nice thread, Siri! Congrats! Looking forward to more from you.

One thought that comes to mind regarding statues:

If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

1. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile.

2. Former President Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8-year presidency.

3. Octopuses have three hearts.

4. If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.

5. Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.

Hi Ritu, how are you? I found you missing for a long time. I did miss you a lot.

Well, as per Ritu's... RJ has run away from Agra Mental Hospital. What about Ritu? Where has she been missing for so many days? Does this mean she was accompanying RJ?

1. Great achievements are the results of great expectations. You will see it happen only when you believe it will happen.

2. Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.

3. Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.

4. When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.

5. When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.

Hi, good initiative....

Some more facts are here under:

- About 22% of the earth's original forest coverage remains. Western Europe has lost 98% or so of its primary forests; Asia 94%; Africa 92%; Oceania 78%; North America 66%, and South America 54%. Approximately 45% of the world's tropical forests, originally covering 1.4 billion hectares, have disappeared in the last few decades. (Taken from a Greenpeace website, but the figures are accurate to the best of our knowledge)

- In 1950, rainforests covered about 14% of the earth's land surface. By 2001, this had diminished to 6%. Approximately half of the world's estimated 10 million species of life are believed to be found only in rainforests. The Amazon constitutes about 40% of the remaining rainforests, but it is disappearing at the rate of 7 football fields per minute - that's 20,000 km2 (7700 mi2) per year and increasing. From 1970 to 2000, an area the size of France or Texas was deforested by ranchers, farmers, loggers (mostly illegal), miners, and developments of various kinds. The population of the Amazon is now over 20 million and rapidly increasing, since there is great poverty in Brazil, and the forest is seen as a vast area of land to be cleared and occupied.

- In the famous Beatles song "Paperback Writer," the French folk song "Frère Jacques" can be heard in the background several times - the Beatles took great pleasure in putting little "surprises" in their work - such as the inclusion of a Bach fugue in the tangle of tunes which follows Strawberry Fields, and the delicious double meanings in songs such as Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and A Day in the Life.

- If anyone doubts the power and wealth of "Big Business" (trans-national giant companies which are more or less a law unto themselves these days), the raw figures speak for themselves. Of the 100 largest "economies" in the world, 53 are giant corporations. The other 47 are nation-states (i.e., countries).

- The record-breaking heatwave in Europe in the summer of 2003 killed an estimated 35,000 people. Temperatures reached 40°C (104°F) in many countries and were far above normal for weeks.

Good one, Malini and Manoj.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; "Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.

Siri

1. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

2. One out of 20 people has an extra rib.

3. Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining.

4. In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar.

5. The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty-five miles long.

Welcome, Siri. Typing out your name reminds me... The dot over the letter 'i' is called the tittle!

LOL.. Siri!!! 'i' - When I typed your name..!! There is 'i' in your name, isn't it? :icon1::icon1::icon1:

1. A zebra is white with black stripes.

2. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

3. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

4. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

5. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

Hima :icon1::icon1::icon1:, Good one Malini,:icon1:

1. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

2. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

3. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

4. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. Siri

1. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

2. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

3. The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 foot, 10.5 inches.

4. Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.

5. The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe.

6. Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps eliminate the greenish tinge that some blonde-haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.

1. If you are right-handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left-handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ-free only if it is pink. If it is white, there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left.

The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.

The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

Thank you, Hima, Malini, and Gunjan. Runal, Malini says that to Gunjan Gupta.

1) What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

2) All polar bears are left-handed.
3) American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

Siri

1. Banana oil is made from petroleum.

2. The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches, and apricots.

3. The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!

4. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!

5. In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

1. One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
2. Most lipstick contains fish scales!
3. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby.'
4. Hummingbirds can't walk.
5. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

1. It is a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.

2. Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.

3. The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark.

4. There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

5. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Hi All,

This week everybody looks very busy. Malini, Hima, Runal, where are you.

1. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
2. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
3. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
4. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Hi Siri, Good Morning.

1. The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
2. When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.
3. When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.
4. Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
5. If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.

1. Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cannot find food. This type of worm can still survive after eating up to 95% of its body weight.

2. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

3. A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.

4. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That is the opposite of the norm.

5. Tomatoes were once referred to as "love apples." This is because there was a superstition that people would fall in love by eating them.

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1. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
2. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
3. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
4. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
5. Babies are born without kneecaps.

Gary K. Starkweather was the man who invented the laser printer at Xerox, not a woman.

Hi Vivek, After your comment, I tried searching for the info and found that you are right. I will retract this hidden truth listed. Thank you, Vivek. I would really appreciate it if you could add any other hidden truths.