Random Facts For Every Curious Mind (15 GIFS)

Posted in INTERESTING       16 Apr 2024       2057       3 GALLERY VIEW

"Channing Tatum originally turned down the role of Duke in G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra because he felt the script was terrible. However, since the actor signed a three-picture deal with Paramount Pictures, the studio forced him to take the role under threat of a lawsuit."

 

"The Sims was originally designed as an architecture simulator, with sims only there to evaluate the builds."

 

"The makers of the “Airplane!” and “Naked Guns” movies bought a horse just to make a joke. They named the horse All Pink and instructed the jockey not to win the race but to stay on the inside rail the whole race just to hear the play-by-play announcer say “It’s All Pink on the inside”."

 

"Meteorites that fell on the early Earth brought reduced phosphorus to the planet. This allowed oxidation to phosphates, thus providing a mechanism for the generation of DNA and RNA."

 

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"The word ‘bonfire’ was a Middle English word to describe a large fire of bones typically used for cremation during plagues or wars."

 

"In the Yellow River in China there are so many corpses to be found that it is lucrative to recover them and sell the bodies back to the families of the deceased for 500$"

 

"In the late 1960s, all plants from a specific species of bamboo sprouted flowers at the same time, despite being separated by thousands of miles. Shortly after, all the plants died. The next mass flowering is predicted to come in 2090 when the bamboo completes its 120-year cycle."

 

"Lego minifigures were originally yellow to avoid assigning a specific ethnicity in sets that didn’t include any specific characters. With this neutral color, fans could assign their own individual roles to LEGO minifigures."

 

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"Milky/Cloudy looking tap water is just a result of air bubbles. Cold water holds more air than warm water when under pressure. As soon as it reaches your tap the water is no longer under pressure, which then comes out of solution as bubbles. It clears naturally within moments"

 

"There are Eagles in Scandinavia that create nests so massive; they have been known to cause trees to collapse under their weight."

 

"Many Scientists believe killing off mosquitoes would have little negative consequences on the environment."

 

"The Ottoman Turks unknowingly used the Rosetta Stone as a building slab for a military fort. The French captured the fort and became fascinated with the stone, which unlocked the lost secrets of Ancient Egypt."

 

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"The IAU (International Astronomical Union) approves the naming of all Astronomical Objects and all of Pluto’s features are required to be related to dark mythology. "

 

"Hundreds of Buddhist monks have attempted to mummify themselves by eating only nuts and seeds and drinking poisonous tea before sealing themselves alive in a tomb. About 24 successful mummifications have been recorded, and these 24 are regarded as Buddhas. "

 

"In 1948, Canada wasn’t going to send a Hockey team to the Olympics, so the Royal Canadian Air Force sent some servicemen to represent the country, and they won Gold."

 



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Stuart 8 month s ago
#11 But I'm sure it would offend the mosquito rights activists... dirol
       
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Abiel 8 month s ago
Stuart, If they eradicate mosquitoes how will we clone dinosaurs
       
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Wilber 8 month s ago
Abiel,

not from living mosquitoes that is for sure. more like how will the hyper-intelligent cockroach people clone us after we make the planet uninhabitable for humans.
       
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