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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 29-01-2021 21:36

The “Windy City” name has nothing to do with Chicago weather

Chicago’s nickname was coined by 19th-century journalists who were referring to the fact that its residents were “windbags” and “full of hot air.”


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 29-01-2021 21:37

Firefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter

The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it’s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it’s known as “wet water.”


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 29-01-2021 21:59

Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point. When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle.


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 29-01-2021 22:00

The original recipe for chocolate contained chili powder instead of sugar.


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 29-01-2021 22:01

There is a town in India called Santa Claus.


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 30-01-2021 17:49

A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 30-01-2021 17:50

Cherophobia is the word for the irrational fear of being happy.


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 30-01-2021 17:54

Nearly 30,000 rubber ducks were lost a sea in 1992 and are still being discovered today.


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 30-01-2021 17:55

Marie Curie's notebooks are still radioactive.


RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 26-02-2021 10:35

If you say FUCK OFF backwards, it still says fuck off but with an Irish accent.