Fascinating Facts and Trivia

In 16th century France, 400 people started dancing and couldn’t stop, leading to dozens of deaths.

The fax machine was invented before the telephone.

The Sidu River Bridge in China is so high,the Empire State Building could fit underneath it with 50 metres to spare.

In the July of 2012,the university of Amsterdam's physics department published a formula for making the perfect sandcastle.

Most American car horns honk in the key of F, which is also the same key as a telephone dial tone.

At least 9 million other people on Earth have the same birthday as you.

The word ‘Christmas’ is old English, a contraction of ‘Christ’s Mass’.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

There are 1,200 varieties of watermelon.

Scuba is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

Los Angeles used to be known as ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles’.

A tomato has around 7,000 more genes than a human being.