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a single strand of spaghetti is called spaghetto, and other facts


In 1893, an amendment was proposed to rename the U.S. into the "United States of the Earth."

The Japanese call their green traffic lights 'blue' as historically they do not distinguish between the two colors.

Japanese artist Aki Inomata has created a coat made from the fur of her terrier Cielo, collected over several years. In return, she has given the dog a coat made from her own hair.

A single strand of spaghetti is called spaghetto.

The practice of copying and producing fakes is so entrenched in Chinese culture there's even a word for it - Shanzhai.

There are four cars and eleven light posts on the back of a ten-dollar bill.

In 1840, British Astronomer and Chemist, Warren de la Rue, enclosed a platinum coil in a vacuum tube and passed an electric current through it, thus creating the world's first light bulb a full 40 years before Edison.

On 15 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson's fictional ship was the Titan.

Squirrels will adopt abandoned babies if the parents cannot be found.

Listening to music of nature sounds can boost a person's spirit in as little as three minutes.

The designer of the iconic Japanese soy sauce bottle was Kenji Ekuan, who also designed the classic Yamaha VMAX motorbike and the Narita Express airport train.

There are 1500 newspapers, 1100 magazines, 9000 radio stations, 1500 TV stations, 2400 publishers - owned by only 6 corporations.

The large Santa with a white beard and red clothing that we are used to today was actually created by Coca Cola.

U.S. bills are 2.61 inches wide, 6.14 inches long, 0.0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram.

The Sun takes about 220 million years to make one revolution of the Milky Way.

Brown eggs come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes; white eggs come from hens with white feathers and white ear lobes.

Planet Venus is the only planet to spin counter-clockwise.

Three hundred and fourteen acres of trees are used to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of the New York Times. There are nearly 63,000 trees in the 314 acres.

John Little, established in 1845, is the oldest department store in Singapore.

The only planet without a ring is Earth.

The condensed water vapor in the sky left behind by jets is called a contrail.

Mice, whales, elephants, giraffes and man all have seven neck vertebra.

Draftsmen have to make 27,000 drawings for the manufacturing of a new car.

The world's highest mountain, even higher than Mt. Everest is Mauna Koa, an underwater mountain which rises 33,476 feet and has its peak on the island of Hawaii.

In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria are found.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.

Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.

The modern safety match was invented in Sweded in 1855 by J.E. Lundstrom. It works because one of the chemicals need to start the fire is in the striking surface.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Coney Island in New York got its name from rabbits. In early days it was overrun by rabbits, which were often referred to as coneys.

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.

The dot above an "i" is called the tittle.

Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength".

What ISIS, an early 21st century Islamic rebels group, really wanted is the control of The Atlantic ocean.

The first advert was printed in England in 1477. It advertised the book of payers.

Polish rivers the Velna and the Nielba are unique, because they cross strictly at the right angle, and when they cross their water does not mix.

After the Chinese exterminated 2 billion sparrows in 1958, their population had to be restored and those birds were imported from the USSR.

When pair scenes are shot in the cinema, one character is always to the left of the viewer and the other - to the right. Their position in the frame is not changed.

In the fiscal year of 2014, the U.S. government spent over $49 million per hour in interest on its debt.

Hypnic Jerks is the name of the sensation of falling when half asleep, and jerking yourself awake as you land.

Putting a lightbulb inside a fruit or vegetable shows that they all emit light differently - rough surfaced items like cauliflower create the most interesting effect.

Chameleons change colour by rearranging crystals rather than dispersing pigments.

An ant does not have lungs; and it never sleeps.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

A grasshopper can jump twenty times the length of its body.

According to a research in 2015, the worst times to drink coffee are between 08:00 - 09:00, 12:00 - 13:00 and 17:30 - 18:30. The best is about an hour after waking up, regardless of the time.

A text message of specific Arabic characters will crash iPhones if the notifications are turned on.

1 pound of lemons contain more sugar than 1 pound of strawberries.

Geese will come back to their original birth place each year to mate and nest.

The names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.

A group of rats is called a “mischief.”

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.

A zebra is white with black stripes.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

The brain is composed of about 77% water, 10% lipids, 8% protein, 1% carbohydrate, 2% soluble organics, and 1% inorganic salt.

All hatching little turtles possess a tooth at the end of their tiny beak to break open the egg.

Kangaroos can live up to 25 years in captivity, but only 5 years in the wild.

An intact adult male goat is called a “buck.” A castrated male goat is called a “wether.”

Butterflies have special ultravoilet (UV) reflectants on their wings which are visible only to other butterflies.

Polar bears sometimes inter-breed with grizzly bears creating a hybrid bear known as prizzly bear, or a grolar bear.

Darker green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter green leaves.

Female deer are called cows, does, or hinds. Male deer are called bulls, bucks or stags.

Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Halley’s Comet came into view. When he died in 1910, Halley’s Comet was in view again.

The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

A Boeing 767 airliner is made of 3,100,000 separate parts.

On average, the stomach produces 2 liters of Hydrochloric Acid daily.

A cat has 12 whiskers on each side of its face.

An average elephant can poop out about 100 pounds of wastes in one day.

More than 50,000 tons of asparagus are grown in California every year.

The state of California supplies almost all the broccoli in the entire United States.

A fetus acquires fingerprints are the age of 3 months.

The pancreas produces digestive juices and helps control blood sugar.

Bananas are about 99.5% fat free.

Goats do not have any upper front teeth. Instead they have a gum pad.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

Avocado has the highest protein and oil content of all fruits, but most of this oil is the healthier unsaturated type.

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