Strange But True #15 · 11:54pm Jan 2nd, 2019
Weekly facts! Enjoy!
1. McDonald's once made bubblegum flavored broccoli in an attempt to encourage kids to eat their vegetables.
2. Scotland has 421 words for "snow."
3. Firefighters use a wetting agent to make water "wetter." The chemicals reduce the surface tension of the water, making it easier to spread and soak into things.
4. The man with the deepest voice can hit a note he can't even hear. The note is eight octaves below the lowest G on the piano.
5. No number before the number 1,000 contains the letter A.
6. The # symbol is not actually called a pound or hashtag. The real name for this symbol is the octothorpe.
7. Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena.
8. Bees have been sighted flying at over 29,000 feet above sea level. That's the height of Mt. Everest!
9. The Tale of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century, is considered the world’s first novel. After reading 54 intricately crafted chapters, the reader is stopped abruptly mid-sentence. It does not finish the sentence.
10. The world's oldest toy is considered to be the stick, and it was induced into the toy Hall of Fame.
Bubblegum broccoli.....
wetter water. My dream for Watered down Water might just be possible!! Flim & Flam will be proud of me
Wow, that's deep; pun intended.
Exotic pet's can land you in a grave
The stick shall be immortalized
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Heh. Glad you're enjoying these!
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As am I, they are quite intriguing and amusing