20 SCIENTIFIC AND RANDOM FACTS WHICH WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH (MUST WATCH!)
FACTS WHICH WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH!
1. A primate once ran an English town.
Hartlepool, UK, once elected a football mascot – a monkey – as its mayor. He beat Labour’s Peter Mandelson to the job!
2. One to try at home.
Did you know – it’s impossible to lick your elbow. You’re probably trying it, anyway!
3. Cows have their own neighborhoods.
Cows are intelligent enough to make friends. In fact, it’s thought that each cow on the planet has a best friend of sorts!
4. A turtle can breathe from both ends.
This one’s very strange but true -turtles are able to breathe through their backsides. That’s multi-tasking!
5. Another one to try at home!
You can’t hum if you’re holding your nose. We bet you’re trying that one, too!
6. Scientific names can be hilarious.
Gorillas are some of the most fascinating animals on the planet. But do you know their scientific or official name? It’s gorilla gorilla gorilla! At least, that’s what the Western Lowland gorilla is known as!
7. Hitchcock brought the throne to the big screen.
The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.
8. “My dog ate my homework” – John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men, one of John Steinbeck’s classic novels, almost didn’t make it to the publisher at all. Why? His dog ate the first draft! “The poor fellow may have been acting critically,” Steinbeck mused.
9. There’s nothing wrong with a healthy sense of humor.
Blink-182 decided to incorporate their band under a funny name – ‘Poo Poo Butt LLC’ – as they thought it’s be funny to hear accountants use the name in important conversations on a daily basis.
10. Are you jet-propelled?
It’s estimated that the average fart travels at a speed of 7 miles per hour!
11. Clean your walls with play-doh.
Play-Doh wasn’t always a children’s plaything. In fact, it was first developed as wallpaper cleaner! It wasn’t until the manufacturer realized that the non-toxic nature of the product would make a great children’s toy that the whole aim of the product changed.
12. Bansky once shredded more than $1 million in public.
Bansky, the famous street artist, once sold a piece of work at auction that shredded itself as soon as the gavel went down. The buyer had bid – and paid – an eye-watering $1.4 million!
Banksy, Marble Arch, London
13. Doctors once prescribed ketchup!
Tomato ketchup was actually once used as a medicine. While it’s not prescribed for any kind of ailment these days, it was relied on in the 19th Century for all kinds of bodily issues.
14. What is an almond? Guess again.
An almond is technically a peach – or, at least, it’s in the same species or family.
15. “Make fun of me – off to prison with you!”
The first President of Zimbabwe – President banana – actually brought in a
law to stop people making fun of his name.
16. Rabbits are competitive jumpers.
There’s a competition in Sweden where pet owners take their rabbits show jumping! Why should horses and dogs have all the fun? The competition in question is Kaninhoppning.
17. Barry Manilow is a master in irony.
One of Barry Manilow’s most famous songs is ‘I Write The Songs’. Guess what? He didn’t write it.
18. Don’t ask a squirrel to keep a secret.
Squirrels are some of the most forgetful animals on the planet! It’s thought that so many trees are able to grow annually thanks to the critters forgetting where they stashed their nuts and acorns!
19. Some street names are truly bizarre.
Tea was discovered completely by accident. It’s thought that leaves of tea once blew into boiling water back in ancient China. Since then, however, we’ve gotten better at brewing tasty blends on purpose!
20.A quarter of US citizens are space-heads…
About 25% of people in the USA believe that the Sun orbits the Earth, and not the other way arounD.
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