23/01/2023
Mark Twain was born on the same day Halley’s Comet flew by the earth. He said “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming ag*in next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Halley’s Comet appeared on April 21, 1910, which is the day Mark Twain died.
Alaska is the most northern, eastern, and western state in the USA
German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany. It was named after English-American Samuel German who developed a formulation of dark baking chocolate that came to be used in the cake recipe.
The longest boxing match went 110 rounds and over 7 hours.
In a room with just 23 people, there’s a 50-50 chance that at least two people have the same birthday.
Firefighters sometimes use wetting agents to make water wetter.
NASA mistakenly erased the original tape of the first steps on the moon.
A giraffe and a human have the same number of bones in their necks.
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence.
21/01/2023
German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany. It was named after English-American Samuel German who developed a formulation of dark baking chocolate that came to be used in the cake recipe.
There are only two countries in the world that have "The" as part of their country's name.
The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
Soft-shelled turtles urinate through their mouth.
“Military Grade” is a marketing ploy. In the actual military, “military grade” is defined as “meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) uses Waffle House Restaurants being open or closed as one way to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery.
Bubbles are the number one cause of damage to ship propellers.
Sharks have no bones.
You don't need to wait 24 hours to file a missing person report.
19/01/2023
The phrase "hands down" comes from horseracing. It refers to a jockey who's so far ahead that he can afford to drop his hands and loosen the reins (usually kept tight to encourage a horse to run) and still easily win.
“Military Grade” is a marketing ploy. In the actual military, “military grade” is defined as “meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least.”
Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, g*i lan, kale, kohlrabi, and savoy are all the same species of plant called "Brassica oleracea"
In 1961 two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped over North Carolina. A glitch prevented them from detonating.
Smallpox is the only infectious disease that affects humans to have been eradicated.
Australia once lost a war to emus (the birds).
Wombat p**p is square.
German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany. It was named after English-American Samuel German who developed a formulation of dark baking chocolate that came to be used in the cake recipe.
On average, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. On average, the closest planet to Pluto is also Mercury.
