FOOD
Cauliflower comes in multiple colors
TRUE!!
Although we typically only see white cauliflower, it actually has purple, orange, and green varieties.
England is at the centre of world time
TRUE!!
Because lots of people already used Greenwich in southeast London as zero degrees longitude for their sea charts, it was agreed that ‘Greenwich Mean Time’ (GMT) should become the centre of world time.
The Great Wall of China Is Visible from Space with the Naked Eye
FALSE!!!
It’s not. Astronauts have said the wall is tough to see without aid. It blends into the natural landscape.
Koalas can sleep for up to 20 hours a day
FALSE!!!
They can sleep for 22 hours a day because their diet of eucalyptus leaves contain toxins, are very low in nutrition, and high in fibrous matter – so they take a large amount of energy to digest!
The Olympic rings’ colors were chosen because at least one of them appears on the flag of every nation
TRUE!!
There are five rings and their colors are: blue, yellow, black, green and red
You can find peanuts in dynamite
TRUE!!!
Peanuts have an oil used as an ingredient in the production of glycerol, a main component of nitroglycerin.
The King owns all the swans in England and Wales
TRUE!!!
Well, technically King Charles III owns all the unmarked mute swans swimming in open waters in England (and Wales).
Lake Hillier in Australia is naturally bright green and still unexplained
FALSE!!!
Lake Hillier in Australia is naturally bright pink and still unexplained, but there are several theories about it.
The world´s deadliest animal is the mosquito
TRUE!!
725,000 people are killed each year from mosquito-borne diseases, such as Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.
There are over 3,000 languages spoken worldwide
FALSE!!!
There are over 7,000 languages spoken worldwide. Papua New Guinea alone has more than 800 languages
Ketchup used to be used as a medicine
TRUE!!
Back in the early 1800s, people thought tomatoes had medicinal qualities. One doctor claimed they could treat diarrhea and indigestion, so he made a recipe for a type of tomato ketchup, which then became a pill.
The Shortest Complete Sentence Is: “I am”
FALSE!!!
The Shortest Complete Sentence Is Two Letters: “Go.” That’s it. Two letters, one syllable, and a grammatically complete sentence with a subject (implied “you”) and a verb.
Before Abraham Lincoln became a politician, he was a banker
FALSE!!!!
He was a champion wrestler. Lincoln only lost one match in his career and was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall Of Fame in 1992.
Even after having its head cut off, a cockroach can still live for weeks.
TRUE!!!
Even stranger, a cockroach’s head can actually survive by itself for a few hours, too.
Handshakes were originally meant to show that you didn´t have a disease
FALSE!!
Handshakes were originally meant to show that you weren’t carrying a weapon. It is a gesture that dates back to ancient Greece
The most expensive pizza in the world costs $8,000 dollars.
The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 DOLLARS. That’s because it takes 72 hours to make and can only be made at home by 3 Italian chefs. The pizza is topped with 3 types of caviar, bufala mozzarella, lobster from Norway and Cilento, and pink Australian sea salt.
The Most Common Letter in English Is “S”
The Most Common Letter in English Is “E”: The letter E appears in about 11% of all English words, making it the most frequent letter. The rarest letter? That’d be Q, appearing in less than 0.2% of words.
All British tanks since 1945 have included equipment to make food inside the tank
All British tanks since 1945 have included equipment to MAKE TEA inside the tank.
A common garden snail has 1,000 teeth
A common garden snail has 14,000 TEETH: Their microscoptic teeth are called radula, and some species actually have over 20,000 teeth
In the 18th and 19th centuries, women used fan movements to scare the bugs that were flying around them
In the 18th and 19th centuries, women used fan movements TO CONVEY SECRET MESSAGES in European social circles.
The red food dye for Skittles is made from boiled flowers.
The red food dye for Skittles is made from boiled BEETLES. A common red food dye, carminic acid, is made from the crushed bodies of a beetle called the Dactylopius coccus.
Shakespeare Invented Over 500 Words.
Shakespeare Invented Over 1,700 WORDS. “Bedroom,” “lonely,” “generous,” “gloomy,” “critical,” “majestic,” and “eyeball” all came from Shakespeare’s pen. He’d make up words when existing ones didn’t fit his iambic pentameter, and they stuck.
Diomede Islands (Russia & USA): These two islands are just 10 kilometres apart, but are 21 hours apart in time.
Diomede Islands (Russia & USA): These two islands are just 1.60 KILOMETRES apart, but are 21 hours apart in time. You can literally see tomorrow from the other island
The Michael Jackson caterpillar looks identical to the musician´s hair.
The DONALD TRUMP caterpillar looks identical to the president´s hair. It gained popularity as it is very furry and bright orange, giving it an uncanny resemblance to Trump’s hair. This ‘fur’ however, is actually composed of multiple venomous ‘hairs’. (trumpapillar)
The earliest form of ice cream was a mixture of snow and fruit juice enjoyed in ancient Persia around 500 AC
The earliest form of ice cream was a mixture of snow and fruit juice enjoyed in ancient Persia around 500 BC.