For anyone that’s checked out my Tumblr, you already
know that I love random, fun facts that I come across. Well are here are some of my own random facts
of my own that I looked up online!
Enjoy!
- There is no word you can write with the bottom row of the keyboard
- The term, "Carrots improve your vision" is false. They actually maintain your vision. This comes from the British telling the public that, during the WWII, they were shooting down German fighter planes so well at night because of the amount of carrots eaten.
- The human heart can build up enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.
- When a male penguin falls in love with a female penguin, He searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present her. And when he finally finds it, he waddles over to her and places the pebble right in front of her. Kind of like a proposal.
- The lightsaber sound made during the Star Wars movies was actually made by placing a microphone next to a metal slinky while the slinky was moving.
- Months that start with a Sunday always has a Friday 13th.
- Princess Diana had her navel pierced - and fitted with a 2.8-carat diamond stud - just a few hours before her fatal accident.
- Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.
- David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.
- In France, it is illegal to name your pig Napoleon.
- Lina Medina is the youngest confirmed mother in the world, by having a child at the age of 5 years and 7 months old.
- At the current rate, 360,000,000,000 photos are uploaded on Facebook each year (2011)!
- The dot above the "i" is called a tittle.
- Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed for marketing reasons.
- The car company "Volvo" is Latin for "I roll" which is a fitting name for a car company.
For more fun facts go to
www.allrandomfacts.com
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