Fascinating Facts and Trivia

The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It's 10 metres underwater.

In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.

The oldest condoms ever found date back to the 1640s (they were found in a cesspit at Dudley Castle), and were made from animal and fish intestines.

Potato Chips Cause More Weight Gain Than Any Other Food
A Harvard University study of more than 120,000 people found that potato chips were to blame for the gain of an average of 1.69 pounds per person over four years. Other fatteners: potatoes (1.28 pounds), sugar-sweetened beverages (1.00 pounds), and unprocessed red meats (0.95 pounds).

Rejection and physical pain are the same to your brain. Mu-opioid sensory receptors are activated when you are rejected, and the same receptors "work" when you feel pain.

I know this all to well

Before Google launched G-mail, G-mail was the name of a free e-mail service offered by Garfield’s website.

It is illegal to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas USA.

In 1986, Apple Computers launched a clothing line.

‘Typewriter’ is the longest word that can be made using one row of keys on a keyboard.

In 1719 prisoners in Paris were offered freedom at the condition they would marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.

“A ‘buttload’ is a real unit of measure. One buttload is 63 gallons and is commonly used to measure wine and other alcohols.”