Fun Facts That?ll Actually Make Your Life Better

In June 2017, the Facebook community reached 2 billion active users.

Meaning, more than a quarter of the world’s population uses this popular social media outlet!
 
Samuel L. Jackson requested a purple lightsaber in Star Wars in order for him to accept the part as Mace Windu.

Jackson wanted to be able to find himself on screen in big fight scenes, so he managed to get George Lucas to approve his request and grant him with a purple lightsaber.
 
Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

A few famous people are stricken with this absurd phobia, such as Franklin Roosevelt, and surprisingly enough, Stephen King.
 
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.

They were originally been developed as crepe paper and used for gas mask filters.

The actual Kleenex product we know of today evolved from that by accident.
 
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes.

These cameras had special lenses that use infrared light meant to be used as night vision, but it also allowed you to see through some types of clothing.
 
During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.

This equals out to about 35.5 days in total.

At about two minutes per day, this equates to 0.1% of your life!
 
Ronald McDonald is “Donald McDonald” in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese.

Ever since the first McDonald’s opened in Japan in 1971, the mascot has been called Donald McDonald.

Often, Japanese people are surprised to learn he has a different name everywhere else.
 
Honeybees can get drunk on fermented tree sap.

It affects bees in a similar way that alcohol affects humans, causing flying accidents and making it difficult to get back to the hive.
 
Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.

Okay this isn’t exactly a fun fact, but it is interesting! Heart attacks are increased by 20% on Monday’s.

The most common time for them to happen is between 4-10 a.m.
 
People with brain damage can suffer from “joke addiction”.

A study by neurologists showed that some patients who suffered from brain trauma and have developed damage on the right-hand side of their brain have a compulsive obsession to tell jokes which they find hilarious, whilst not finding other peoples’ jokes funny.
 
Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.

Billy goats, or bucks is the name given to male goats.

Generally they urinate on themselves in late summer through fall, and for humans, it’s not a pleasant smell.
 
There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.

Unlike many other big cats, snow leopards are not aggressive towards humans.

They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.
 
There is a sea slug that is part animal and part plant.

The Elysia Chlorotica, a green sea slug, is the first animal ever discovered to create chlorophyll like a plant.

This makes it capable of photosynthesis, meaning it is part animal and part plant.
 
The common cold comes from camels.

Scientists studying a deadly disease transmitted from camels also found camels contain the pathogens from which the common cold was born.

Camels are able to transmit diseases to humans and this is where they believe the common cold originated.
 
You can fire a gun in space.

Modern firearm ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical which triggers the explosion of gunpowder that fires a bullet.

This means that the oxygen-free vacuum of space wouldn?t stop a gun from firing, as no atmospheric oxygen is required.
 
Ketchup was a medicine in the early 1800s.

In 1834, American Dr. John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to ketchup, adding many vitamins and antioxidants to the sauce.

He then branded it as a medicine to cure Diarrhea, Indigestion, Jaundice and Rheumatism.
 
In 2017 more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks.

There was only 5 deaths due to shark attacks in 2017, which is lower than the average year.

The average amount of deaths caused by sharks is 6.

Worldwide, there was 35 deaths caused by taking selfies in 2017.
 
The word “emoji” comes from the Japanese words “e” and “moji”, which mean “picture” and “character”.

The link to the English words “emotion” and “emoticon” are purely coincidental.
 
Grapes are fatally toxic to cats and dogs – even in small amounts.

Despite lots of research into the matter, the exact agent in grapes that causes their toxicity to dogs and cats is still unknown.

All that is known is that they cause acute kidney failure quickly followed by death in dogs and cats.
 
The Louvre in Paris is so large that it would take 100 days to look at each piece.

It’s so large and full of so much art that it’d take a person 100 days to look at each individual piece for 30 seconds 24/7. Crazy stuff.
 
In the 18th Century Smallpox scars would get you a job.

By having Smallpox scars it showed that you had already had Smallpox so employers didn’t have to worry about you getting it and taking time off work.
 
Before 1913, you could legally mail a baby.

Mailing children became a common practice in rural America as the price of postage for a child was cheaper than the price of child’s train or bus ticket.

Thank God this one’s not legal anymore!
 
The inventor of the Frisbee was cremated and made into a Frisbee after he died.

Walter Frederick Morrison invented the Frisbee in 1948, which was originally called the Pluto Platter.

In 2010, at age 90 he died and his family cremated him and turned his ashes in to the Frisbee.
 
By 400BC, Persian engineers mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of desert summers.

This was done through the use of subterranean storage space and thick, heat-resistant construction materials.
 
Kit Harrington is related to the man who invented the flush toilet, and one of the Gunpowder Plot perpetrators.

Kit Harrington (Jon Snow from Game of Thrones) is a descendent of Sir John Harrington (on his father’s side), inventor of the flushing toilet, and also Robert Catesby (on his mother’s side) who tried to blow up Parliament with Guido Fawkes.
 
The word “burrito” means “little donkey” in Spanish.

This is because a burrito can carry many things just like a donkey can.
 
Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention.

Retired Canadian cook Sam Panopoulos was the first person to put pineapple and ham on a pizza together, and marketed it as a Hawaiian pizza in the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario.
 
Every year, the Netherlands sends Canada 20,000 tulip bulbs.

This is done as a way of thanking Canada for their role in liberating the Netherlands from Axis occupation during World War II.
 
Jupiter has a “lost” moon.

The planet’s outermost moon, S/2003 J 2, was discovered by scientists in 2003, but hasn’t been spotted since then and is considered as lost.

How embarrassing, to lose a moon!
 
Famous French painter Claude Monet was only rich because he won the lottery.

Like most other artists of his time, Monet was dirt poor. And, like most dirt-poor people, he played the lottery.

His luck changed when he won 100,000 Francs and lived a life of luxury and wealth after this.
 
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