Interesting facts

[ShahdagMountains]

Psalm 137 -

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.

Who sang this?

Boney M.

 

[Leo123]

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can was invented.

Cans and no opener. Likely the cause of many famines in the past.

 

[Leo123]

The US army has an official plan for defending against zombies.

(Money worth well spent???)

Didn't work, we have one now as POTUS.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Part of the Hawaiian archipelago, Niihau island, is owned by a Scottish family called the Robinson's.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Technically, China covers 5 time zones, but it just uses one.

If time zones were straight, the city of Phoenix would be split in half, each being 1 hour apart.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The West coast of Australia nearly matches the East coast of North America in shape.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Sex is not assigned at birth, sex is established at conception, and it's recognised at birth, if not earlier.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The skin on your elbow looks similar to the skin on your scrotum

 

[Captain Caveman]

There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs roamed the earth

 

[Captain Caveman]

I'm the USA -

There's 1 birth every 8 seconds

There's 1 death every 11 seconds

There's 1 immigrant every 32 seconds

There's a net gain of 1 person every 18 seconds

 

[Captain Caveman]

Between the border of Canadian province of Quebec and the U.S. state of New Hampshire, existed a country called Republic of Indian Stream. It had an elected government and constitution.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Since 1924, in 100 years, the fastest 100m record has only advanced .81 seconds

 

[Captain Caveman]

In 2020, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the leading cause of death in children and teenagers in the US was by gun shot.

 

[Captain Caveman]

In 2015, a guy bought goggle.com for $12 because Google forgot to renew it's domain. Google cancelled the sale and gave the guy an award of $6006.13

If you squint, the reward spells Google.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Due to shifting tectonic plates, Mount Everest grows 4mm higher each year

 

[Captain Caveman]

You fart on average 14 times a day

 

[Captain Caveman]

The shortest lived state of 14 years was Vermont before joining the union

 

[Captain Caveman]

A tigers skin is also striped.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The Regent International apartment building in Hangzhou, China, houses around 20,000 inhabitants

 

[Captain Caveman]

Saffron costs more than gold