Fascinating Facts and Trivia

It would take 76 workdays (if you work an 8-hour day) to read every online privacy policy you agree to in an average year.

‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

(23-02-2020 18:21 )billyboy1963 Wrote:  There is a technical name for the "fear of long words."

It's called "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia."

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(23-02-2020 18:23 )billyboy1963 Wrote:  Here's a funny fact: If you put some Viagra in a vase, it will make flowers stand up straight for a week beyond when they would normally wilt, according to one study conducted by Israeli and Australian researchers.

If you take it and you don't have ED you will end up with a stiff neck!


The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.

The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.

The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.

Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards.

A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

Film fact:
Jaws (1975)
During a set visit, George Lucas decided it'd be an absolute hoot to stick his head inside the mouth of Bruce The Shark - the animatronic great white. Steven Spielberg got in on the fun and closed the jaws. The prank backfired when the prop malfunctioned and Lucas got stuck.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

Nicholas Cage bought a pet octopus once because he sincerely thought it might help with his acting.

There is a town in Canada called “Dildo.”

In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.